Steve,

I would have to agree with my colleague "Chuck" that the CRA Program is
a good way to identify material for and recognize the successful
completion of Administrator Training.

Having worked in a SPO for 10+ years when I sat for the exam, I found
that the CRA material covered most of the information I would have
looked for and expected in a competent training program.

Of course...being a CRA, I may be a little biased  :)

___________________________________________
John D. Sites, Jr., CRA
Contract Administrator

Utah State University
Sponsored Programs Office

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From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On
Behalf Of Steven Etheredge
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:26 AM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: [RESADM-L] Research administration training

Dear Colleagues:

We are currently revising and updating our programs for training of
research administrators across our university system.  As a part of that
revision, we are anticipating offering an institutional certificate in
research administration based on satisfactory completion of the
training.

The issue is that most certificate programs imply that those who reach
the certification level will be "rewarded" for their efforts.

If you have a RA training program which leads to an
institutionally-awarded certificate, do you have a "reward" mechanism(s)
and how is it administered?  Who covers the costs of such rewards?

Thanks for your input,

Steve Etheredge

R. Steven Etheredge
Director, Pre-Award Services
Sponsored Awards Management
University of South Carolina
(803) 777-4457
(803) 777-4136 fax
xxxxxx@gwm.sc.edu

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