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Report of the Council on the Review of Research and Graduate Education

(CORRAGE) 1991

Membership of the Council on the Review of Research and Graduate Education (CORRAGE) and CORRAGE Task Forces at Michigan State University

Research and Graduate Excellence at Michigan State University: An Overview

1. The Pursuit of Excellence

An Historical Perspective
The Challenge of Current External Forces

Federal Support

State Support
Financial Support from Private Sector
International Interdependence
Shifting Demographics
Scientific, Technological, and Intellectual Dynamism
Supply and Demand for Faculty and Graduate Students

The Future of Research and Graduate Education at Michigan State University

Principles Guiding the Approach of CORRAGE to Research and Graduate Education

2. Research

The Value and Purpose of Research
Patterns of Research
The Challenge and the Strategy
Faculty Initiatives
Leadership for Facilitating Research

Department and School Chairpersons and Directors
Deans
The Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
The University Research Council

Research Support

Relationships between the University and Industry and State Government

Research Support from Industry or State Government
Support for Faculty Involved in Contract Negotiations with Industry

The Relationship of Research to University Outreach

Definition of Outreach
Current Status of University Outreach

Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives: Centers and Institutes
Research Infrastructure

Space
The Libraries
Computer Capability
Grant Application Procedures
Contract and Grant Administration
Other Shared Facilities and Equipment

Ethics in Scholarship

Intellectual Objectivity and Intellectual Property
Ethics

3. Graduate Education

The Value, Purposes, and Challenges of Graduate Education

The Purposes
The Background
The Challenges

The Structure and Responsibilities of the Graduate School

The Assistant Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School University Graduate Council
Responsibilities of the Graduate School

Graduate Students

Orientation, Mentoring, and Instruction

Graduate Assistantships

Financial Considerations

4. The Faculty

Recruitment of Faculty

Planning
Underrepresented Groups
Family Support

Development of Faculty

Enablement of Junior Faculty Professional Development Leaves

Faculty Rewards, Incentives, and Support

Tenure and Promotion
Annual Performance Review
Consulting and Conflicts of Commitment

Salaries and Compensation

Support Services

5. Planning for Excellence

Planning for Excellence at the Unit Level
Evaluations as a Basis for Building Excellence

Rationale for Evaluation
Challenges in the Evaluation Process

Criteria for Evaluation
Self-study and External Reviews
Organization of Clusters of Units for Evaluation
Timing of the External Reviews

Importance of Administrative Support for Research and Graduate Education
Priority Setting at the University Level
Strengthening Faculty and Student Involvement at the University Level

Appendixes

Appendix 1. The Charge to the Council on the Review of Research and Graduate Education at Michigan State University, April 11, 1989

Appendix 2. The Process Leading to this Report

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