Enhancing the Culture of Research in Higher Education Institutions
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culture of research, Higher Education Institutions, education
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Operationally defined, the term "research" refers to scholarly, empirical, creative, critical, and/or expressive activities that expand, clarify, reorganize, and/or create knowledge. Its values are recognized in terms of what it can deliver to policy, teaching, learning, cultural, social and other developments. When these activities evolve into a body of "learned behavior" common to a given group/society which shapes their consciousness, it becomes a "culture".
No executive orders or issuances could immediately make an HEI (Higher Education Institution) an institution with a well-defined research culture overnight. Research Culture or the Culture of Research grows gradually and becomes a natural integral part of an organization like a University.
Far from being exciting and heroic, research is drab and lonely; however, without it no progress can be envisioned. It is mandatory for elegant survival. The new civilization of the 21st century is characterized by an information revolution and globalization, and the scope and depth of the intellectual assets of a nation such as technology, information, knowledge, and culture are the major determinants of its wealth and strength. To achieve this goal, research plays a very important role.
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