Beyond Growth: The Next Stage in Language and Area Studies: A Report by the Association of American Universities. By Richard D. Lambert, with Elinor G. Barber, Margaret B. Merrill, Eleanor Jorden, Leon I. Twarog. Washington, D. C.: Association of American Universities, 1984. 436 pp. N.p.

1985 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 570-571
Author(s):  
Edward Putzar
Keyword(s):  
Area Studies ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Association Of American Universities

scholarly journals Area Studies in American Universities

1952 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Wendell C. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Area Studies ◽  
American Universities

scholarly journals Becoming more transparent: Collecting and presenting data on biomedical Ph.D. alumni

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher L Pickett ◽  
Shirley Tilghman
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
American Medical ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Career Outcomes ◽  
Scientific Training ◽  
American Universities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Career Trajectories ◽  
Association Of American Universities

For more than 20 years, panels of experts have recommended that universities collect and publish data on the career outcomes of Ph.D. students. However, little progress has been made. Over the past few years, a handful of universities, including those in the National Institutes of Health’s Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training consortium, and organizations, including the Association of American Universities and the Association of American Medical Colleges, launched projects to collect and publish data on biomedical Ph.D. alumni. Here, we describe the outcome of a meeting, convened by Rescuing Biomedical Research, of universities and associations working to improve the transparency of career outcomes data. We were able to achieve consensus on a set of common methods for alumni data collection and a unified taxonomy to describe the career trajectories of biomedical Ph.D.s. These materials can be used by any institution, with little or no modification, to begin data collection efforts on their Ph.D. alumni. These efforts represent an important step forward in addressing a recommendation that has been made for decades that will improve the ability of trainees to better plan for their careers and for universities to better tailor their training programs.

scholarly journals Examining Processes of Normative Isomorphism and Influence in Scaled Change Among Higher Education Intermediary Organizations

AERA Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 233285841988490
Author(s):  
Adrianna Kezar ◽  
Samantha Bernstein-Sierra
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Teaching Improvement ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Association Of American Universities ◽  
Intermediary Organizations ◽  
National Organizations ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Influence Behavior

This study examines the Association of American Universities Undergraduate STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) initiative and the ability of a national organization and its member institutions to reshape norms about the importance and value of teaching and dedicated efforts to teaching improvement. The study is framed with literature from institutional theory, meso-influence theories from organizational theory, and research on higher education intermediary organizations. Our findings suggest that Association of American Universities’ influence was a powerful motivator for institutions to alter deeply ingrained perceptions and behaviors. We organize our findings into three categories of “enactments” based on the vehicles through which an influence behavior is motivated: prioritization, social pressure, and recognition. This study was able to provide concrete descriptions for what influence can look like within national organizations that are organizational field actors.

scholarly journals Collection Development for Librarians in a Hurry: A Survey of the Physics Resources of the Libraries of the Association of American Universities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Physics Community ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Association Of American Universities ◽  
Astrophysics Data System ◽  
Resource Guides

This study is an examination of the databases, websites, journals, and monograph titles most frequently included in the library resource guides of 65 well-regarded research institutions. Through an analysis of library resource guides, this study enumerates the resources most frequently recommended to the physics community for study and research. Open access resources, such as arXiv, SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), and INSPIRE, are among the most included titles. Notably, websites of professional organizations and governmental agencies are also frequently named. The study is meant to assist librarians in developing and maintaining collections to recommend to the physics community.

scholarly journals Starting the Conversation: Are Campus Sexual Assault Policies Related to the Prevalence of Campus Sexual Assault?

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (21) ◽  
pp. 3315-3343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie M. DeLong ◽  
Laurie M. Graham ◽  
Erin P. Magee ◽  
Sarah Treves-Kagan ◽  
Christine L. Gray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
School Level ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Campus Sexual Assault ◽  
Association Of American Universities ◽  
The Impact

One goal of university campus sexual assault (CSA) policies is to help prevent CSA. Federal guidance in the 2014 White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault Checklist for Campus Sexual Misconduct Policies suggests 10 elements for inclusion in CSA policies (e.g., Policy Introduction, Grievance/Adjudication), and outlines policy topics to be included within each element (Policy Introduction includes two topics: statement of prohibition against sex discrimination including sexual misconduct and statement of commitment to address sexual misconduct). However, no research has examined whether CSA policies impact CSA prevalence. To begin addressing this gap, we studied 24 universities participating in the 2015 Association of American Universities Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct. We linked 2014-2015 data from these universities’ CSA policies and their CSA prevalence findings from the 2015 Association of American Universities (AAU) survey. To test whether the comprehensiveness of schools’ CSA policies was related to schools’ CSA prevalence, we examined the degree to which the CSA policies included recommended policy content from the aforementioned Checklist. Policies were characterized as more comprehensive if they included greater numbers of Checklist topics. We then correlated the number of topics within the policies with school-level CSA prevalence. We also explored whether there was lower CSA prevalence among schools with policies containing particular topics. Results suggested that greater comprehensiveness of schools’ entire CSA policies was negatively correlated with CSA prevalence; however, these findings did not approach statistical significance. The number of negative correlations observed between schools’ CSA policy elements and CSA prevalence among undergraduate women was greater than expected by chance alone, suggesting a possible connection between comprehensive CSA policies and CSA prevalence. Schools with policies that included a topic on their sexual assault response team had the lowest CSA prevalence for both women and men, and schools that included topics describing grievance/adjudication procedures had lower CSA prevalence. This study provides a novel examination of CSA and could inform needed research related to the impact of CSA policies on CSA.

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