Twenty-Eight Years of the Collegiate Aviation Review: An Exploratory Study of Academic Research in Aviation Education

Abstract

The author conducted a review of academic journal articles published in the Collegiate Aviation Review (CAR). The study included all 189 articles published in the CAR over the past 28 years (1983-2010). The author categorized the CAR articles by author’s institution/organization affiliation, classification by subject category, and geographical grouping of contributing authors and institutions/organizations. The study indicates that the CAR has a broad range of authors and subject matter. Collegiate flight training curriculum and instructional methods, collegiate aviation degree programs, the collegiate aviation student, the airport system, and the commercial airline industry were the top 5 subject areas over the past 28 years. Implications and opportunities are provided for the future and the role of aviation faculty and industry professionals engaged in aviation education research. The findings of this exploratory study provide additional opportunities for research initiatives in the aviation education environment.