Support increased faculty publication in international journals. Reassigned time for research and grant writing. Evidence of enhanced visibility of the university at the international level through citations of JMU articles and participation of JMU faculty at major academic events throughout the world. Increase in journal articles, presentations, and international citations in journals with demonstrated quality and visibility. Faculty list of achievements submitted to the President's Office in February 2000.
Articles continue to be published in many settings.
Some reassigned time paid by research grants. A listing of selected achievements by faculty is submitted as part of each academic unit's Annual Report. A History faculty member was awarded a knighthood by the Hungarian Government. Academic Affairs financed the trip to Hungary. Mario Hamlet-Metz's lectures in Milan on the Italian opera are of note.