Embracing “Other” Forms of Sponsored Activity: Leadership Perspectives on Building Research Capacity at WMU

Authors

Kathy Purnell, Western Michigan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Fall 9-30-2016

Abstract

Rationale: This Academic Leadership Academy Project had the following goals:

• To explore leadership perspectives on “research”
• To help raise awareness of Carnegie Classification metrics regarding “research activity”
• To identify key investments academic leadership deemed essential to advance WMU’s standing as a research institution.
• To raise awareness of regulatory definitions of sponsored activity
• To explore initiatives that deans, directors and chairs would be willing to lead, on behalf of their units, in order to advance WMU’s standing as a research institution.

Method: 10 face-to-face conversations of about 60-90 minutes in duration. Participants: All 10 participants were current or former deans, directors or department chairs.

Comments

Presented at the Teaching and Learning Bash 2016.

WMU ScholarWorks Citation

Purnell, Kathy, "Embracing “Other” Forms of Sponsored Activity: Leadership Perspectives on Building Research Capacity at WMU" (2016). Academic Leadership Academy. 62.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/acad_leadership/62