The SRA Symposium - College of Medicine

Papers
Conclusions
With the creation of a graduate certificate program, research administration will meet all of the
criteria found in the literature to be deemed a profession. If one extrapolates the survey results
only to the populations of the two main research administration associations, the graduate certificate
program has a four-year waiting list if each cohort were limited to 30 participants. Reviewing
the accepted body of knowledge, the principles and structure directly relate to the governance and
standards of the field of public administration.
Recommendations
There is a dramatic need for more than one academic institution to offer graduate education in
research administration. This would not only provide the recognition that these administrators
have a field of expertise, but that they are professionals. Academic institutionalization would create
the necessary career ladder to retain the best and the brightest.
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