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Engaging Students in Research

Faculty Focus

There may be more opportunities at a research-focused university than a community college or a school more focused on liberal arts. 2016; Landrum & Nelson, 2002; Valdez & Liu, 2020). Kennette is a professor of psychology and the research coordinator in the Faculty of Liberal Studies at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario.

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Engaging Students in Research

Faculty Focus

There may be more opportunities at a research-focused university than a community college or a school more focused on liberal arts. 2016; Landrum & Nelson, 2002; Valdez & Liu, 2020). Kennette is a professor of psychology and the research coordinator in the Faculty of Liberal Studies at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario.

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Becoming a Mission-Driven University

Inside Higher Ed

As for the idea that educational institutions require a distinct mission with well-defined implications policy and practice, what we see are campuses – with the exception of military academies or religious or small liberal arts colleges -- with multiple, complex, often conflicting and competing, functions and responsibilities.