Research Reports from the Department of Operations
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
7-1-1975
Abstract
As part of an ongoing study of research administration methods and procedures at Case Western Reserve University, a survey of research administrators at a sample of major U.S. institutions of higher education was conducted. A written questionnaire was completed at the time of the interview. Information was collected on (1) annual university budget and research income; (2) faculty size and number of proposals submitted and awarded; and (3) research administration size, manpower, distribution, income, budget, and task performance. Research administration performance was evaluated for each of the institutions. A measure of performance was positively correlated with the annual research income of the institution and average annual research income per faculty member. Institutional research income and proposal submission activity was positively correlated. However, the proposal success ratio was independent of the number of proposals submitted by the institution. Annual research income per faculty member is correlated with the research administration expenses per faculty member. In all cases, the Case Western Reserve University research administration office performance was consistent with the group of private institutions normalized for faculty size and research income.
Keywords
Operations research, Research--Administration, Universities and colleges--Administration, Research grants--Evaluation, Academic-industrial collaboration, Research--Finance, Case Western Reserve University--Evaluation, Research institutes--United States--Evaluation
Publication Title
Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
Issue
Technical memorandum no. 380
Rights
This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use
Recommended Citation
Dean, Burton V.; Barrer, John N.; and Rao, Raghavendra N., "A Comparison of Research Administration Costs and Performances at a Sample of Major U. S. Universities" (1975). Research Reports from the Department of Operations. 81.
https://commons.case.edu/wsom-ops-reports/81