Research centers as agents of change in the contemporary academic landscape: Their role and impact in HBCU, EPSCoR, and Majority universities

Research Evaluation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-32

  Rogers, Juan D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority academic institutions; R D policy; Research centers; Research evaluation; Research organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863813584     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvs002     Document Type: Article

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