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THE ROLE OF RESEARCH AT THE COLLEGE AND

ITS RELATION TO OTHER ASPECTS OF THE COLLEGE'S PROGRAM



(Board of Trustees Meeting, March 16, 1969)



The President explained that the College's first commitment

was to good teaching and that it was also committed to community

service and research. The College of the Virgin Islands did not

base faculty promotions on research and writing in the manner of

many mainland colleges and universities, but it did encourage

research where it was felt that the community would benefit and

that the research involved would serve to renew the faculty member's

professional interest in his own discipline. The methods used by

the College to review and approve research proposals were also

discussed and some specific research projects were reviewed. It

was agreed that research was an important part of the College's

function, but that we needed to continue to upgrade our research



effort.