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2000-2010 Strategic Plan
Goal #1: Increase the Impact of our Research
Rationale: Research is a distinguishing element of our professional work and central to the COE mission. Research informs our teaching, outreach, and other professional efforts. Research generated by COE faculty and students should be a major source of guidance for practice and policy. The media should regard the College as a primary source of information through our research and development efforts. Funding agencies should seek and support our research efforts. Supportive of Institutional Goals 3 and 4.
Objectives and Possible Strategic Actions
A. Promote college research efforts through organizational change and college-wide support.
- Institute the position of Associate Dean for Research.
- Establish cross-disciplinary research teams on important issues of education and human development.
- Double the number of graduate student research assistantships
- Implement a faculty research leave program.
- Develop alternative proposals for supporting faculty research initiatives.
- Expand the level of external support significantly over the next five years.
B. Focus research in selected areas to enhance funding opportunities, visibility, and impact.
- Fund endowed chairs and named professorships in selected areas.
- Implement an enhanced system for identifying funding opportunities.
- Use grant overhead return funds to support infrastructure development and proposal development in selected areas of research.
- Conduct research in and disseminate findings related to major COE initiatives, e.g., Multicultural Education, Academic Community Learning, and Technology.
- Develop an engaged research agenda (see Goal 3) that is based on critical educational and human development problems identified through needs assessments and conducted collaboratively with clientele from community agencies, schools, and corporations.
- Identify, support, and expand research that has potential global impact.
C. Provide greater visibility for the research results.
- Develop strategies and activities to showcase research efforts such as hosting an annual "Educational Research that Matters to Georgia Day," and invite the media, legislators, and representatives from government agencies, school systems, and others stakeholders.
- Generate press releases on research efforts and findings.
- Create and publicize a dynamic database of research findings and practical implications that is easily accessible by, and responsive to, the needs of local and national constituents.
- Broaden the definition for publication to include outlets that are appropriate, timely, and relevant to a culturally diverse society.
D. Document and assess the impact of COE research.
- Conduct biennial surveys of our graduates and client institutions (especially within our partnerships) as to their priorities, concerns, and application of COE research.
- Assess the impact of COE research in relation to improved practice, development of theory, and generation of new research; e.g., conduct 3-5 year analyses of leading research journals to identify the relative contributions of COE faculty.
- Provide annual reports to the Dean's office that identify research impact, infrastructure needs, funding trends, and suggested directions for new research initiative.
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