Open AccessMeasuring the Effectiveness of Research Grant Getting
Author(s) -
Charles H. Bélanger,
Robert Lacroix
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
canadian journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2293-6602
pISSN - 0316-1218
DOI - 10.47678/cjhe.v16i1.182984
Subject(s) - reputation , competition (biology) , government (linguistics) , discipline , accounting , yield (engineering) , political science , higher education , public relations , public administration , business , law , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , materials science , metallurgy , biology
To a very large extent, the national and international reputation of major research universities depends upon their research performance. That explains why competition is so fierce among them to get as much as they can from the three Canadian government major granting agencies. This study demonstrates how performance indicators were developed to measure the effectiveness of research grant getting among eleven Canadian universities. It shows how amount of money received, size of teaching staff, and disciplinary characteristics were standardized to yield objective disciplinary and institutional rankings.