• Elimination of noncompetitive programs and policies. 



• Stable long-term policies and funding strategies. 



• Streamlined, responsible administrative, review, and accounting processes for university research. 

 « Acceleration of the transition process from research to the marketplace. 



■> Greater cooperation and team effort on research between or among: 

 » legislators and the executive branch 



• administrators and researchers 



• industry, service labs and universities 



• different universities with complementary strengths 



• researchers in different disciplines and university departments 



Conclusion. The DoD paradigm, whereby Defense research offices, staffed by highly qualified scientists and 

 engineers, act as the coupling between university researchers and operational military forces, has served the country 

 extremely well. DoD's relationship with the RIU's has time and again paid great dividends in the form of superior 

 technology pressed into national service. While the world has changed, and the threats are different, the new acquisi- 

 tion strategy reaffirms the need for a strong science and technology program, in which the research-intensive univer- 

 sities will continue to play a key role. 



DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (ED) PERSPECTIVE 



General Description of Current Relationship: 



The Department of Education's (ED) relationship with research-intensive universities has primarily involved its 

 Offices of Postsecondary Education (OPE) and Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). ED's focus in its 

 support of research intensive universities, consistent with its primary mission, is to improve the quality of education 

 and training available at these institutions. Through OERI, ED also funds research on improving the quality of 

 American education. 



The specific relationships between research intensive universities and each of these offices differ greatly. 



OPE: 



• provides grants for the improvement of science and technology curricula, instruction and student services, 

 and for the purchase of supplies and equipment, especially at minority institutions; 



• provides loans or grants for rehabilitation, construction and purchase of college housing and rehabilitation 

 of academic facilities; 



• provides program support to research institutions, through for example, a program in the Center for Interna- 

 tional Education; 



• provides fellowships to graduate students pursuing degree programs leading to teaching or research careers 

 in science and technology, through such programs as Harris Graduate Fellowships, Javits Fellowships, and 

 Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need; and 



• affects accreditation of research universities through its recognition of accrediting agencies and its deter- 

 mination of institutional eligibility and certification. 



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