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much attention in recent years.Governments and research councils have encouraged greater communicationbetween industry and university researchers.Recently research councils,uni-versity administrators,and university faculty have focused their attention onimproving the research environment in small universities.In the paper,theauthor outlines some of the issues that are deemed important to the conduct ofresearch by faculty at small universities in English Canada.The paper is basedon six years'experience as a research administrator at a small university,andon a survey of research administrators,including vice-presidents academic anddeans of graduate studies who had research as part of their daily responsibili-ties.The research was presented initially at the 1988 CAURA meetings.In thispaper,some of the issues that are important to the conduct of research at smallCanadian universities are outlined.                     \n# Résumé\n\nLa recherche effectuées dans les universités canadiennes a recu beaucoup dat-tention ces dernieres annees.Les gouvernements et les Conseils subvention-naires ont fait la promotion de liens plus étroits entre chercheurs industriels etchercheurs universitaires.Récemment,des efforts particuliers ont été faits parles divers organismes pour améliorer I'environnement de recherche dans lespetits établissements.Cette communication souleve les problemes particuliersrencontrés par les chercheurs des petits établissements canadiens de langueanglaise.Elle s'appuie sur les six années dexpérience de I'auteur en tant quegestionnaire de la recherche dans un établissement de petite taille,de memeque sur une enquête réalisee aupres dadministrateurs universitaires incluantles vice-présidents académiques et les doyens des études avancées ayant laresponsabilité administrative de la recherche.Les résultats de cette étude ontété présentés en 1988 au colloque de I'Association des administrateurs de larecherche universitaire(ACARU).  \n*Formerly of Athabasca University,1989-1991;now Director,Research Services,University of Saskatchewan  \n# Introduction\n\nDo faculty at small Canadian universities encounter more barriers in their pur-suit of research funds,especially from national research councils,than do theircolleagues in the large research or medium size institutions?How may theadministration in small universities assist faculty in overcoming these barriersand other barriers to scholarly activities?Are there strategies by which smalluniversities can enhance the research climate in their institutions or build a tra-dition of high quality scholarship,i.e.,the promotion of excellence in research,publication and teaching?Are small universities suitable places in which highquality scientific research can be promoted?These and other questions havebeen addressed by university research administrators at five national confer-ences on research at small universities since 1986.  \n# The Debate\n\nThe quality of the discussion about support for scholarly activities of academicstaff at Canada's small universities has progressed little in the last decade.TheCanada Council's Consultative Group on the Needs of Scholars at SmallUniversities(Canada Council,1977)set the tone for most studies,reports oreditorials and national conferences.Since 1977,Ingalls(1982),Perkin(1985),Biron(1985),and Belanger(1989),with some modifications,have reiterated theCanada Council's findings:the research climate at smaller institutions is con-strained by heavy teaching loads,inadequate equipment,lack of graduate stu-dents,and the difficulties of attracting high quality faculty to smaller institu-tions.2  \nFew question the desirability of high quality scholarship at small universities.Newbould(1989)argues that implicit in the debate over funding for research atsmall universities is the desire of some to relegate the role of small universitiesto undergraduate ","cbCaiplNrwfH4K0A","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiplNrwfH4K0A","pdf",504528,14,"English","# 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