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Title: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND ITS LINK TO EDUCATION
Accession Number: 00468178
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: This paper deals with that aspect of transportation research that is conducted at universities and colleges. It covers the objectives, conduct of research in an academic setting, research needs and support, and the future of university research. The following conclusions are offered: Transportation research is an integral part of academic programs at universities and colleges. It is normally conducted by a team that consists of at least one faculty and one student, often more of both and often interdisciplinary. Transportation research has a beneficial impact on academic programs. It provides new ideas and theories for use in formal curriculum and training for both graduate and undergraduate students in the demands of their future profession and in the methods of conducting rigorous inquiry. Transportation research today is shifting from dealing with problems concerning the building and development of infrastructure to problems of managing, operating, and extending its life. Transportation research at universities should be dealing with longer term needs of the population, including the impacts of rapidly changing demographics, a shifting economy, and the growing role of computers and communication in the workplace. Academic transportation research has been influenced by short-run pragmatically stated national, state, and local needs. Academic transportation research has been responsive, and there are many examples of its contribution. Academic research responds to its own reward structure. Promotion and tenure are often based on the quality and quantity of publications and the ability to obtain sponsored research. In recent years, the pressure to obtain sponsored research per se has begun to outweigh the academic merit of much of the research. What is lacking at traditionally strong transportation institutions is the development of new research programs and research agendas that will address longer term, innovative transportation agendas. The problem of developing such programs comes not from a lack of interest by faculty and students, but from a lack of encouragement by the institutions themselves.
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Monograph Title: TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING--MEETING THE CHALLENGE Monograph Accession #: 00468164
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Paaswell, Robert EPagination: pp 166-183
Publication Date: 1985
Conference:
Conference on Surface Transportation Education and Training
Location:
Williamsburg Virginia, United States ISBN: 0-039-03914-2
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Tables
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Apr 30 1988 12:00AM
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