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Sabrina E. Hall
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Study on Research Universities

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To Be Determined  



Staff Contacts:
Peter Henderson, Study Director, phenders@nas.edu
Sabrina E. Hall, Program Associate,
shall@nas.edu

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Project Scope

 An ad hoc committee will author a consensus report with findings and recommendations that answers the question: “What are the top ten actions that Congress, the federal government, state governments, research universities, and others could take to assure the ability of the American research university to maintain the excellence in research and doctoral education needed to help the United States compete, prosper, and achieve national goals for health, energy, the environment, and security in the global community of the 21st century?” 

 The study committee will, in carrying out its work, focus on:
  •  Research and doctoral programs carried out by research universities and associated medical centers;
     
  •  Basic and applied research in research universities, along with collaborative research programs with other components of the research enterprise (e.g., national and federal laboratories, federally-funded research and development centers, and corporate research laboratories);
     
  • Doctoral education and, to the extent necessary, the pathways to graduate education and research careers; and
     
  • Fields of study and research that are critical to helping the United States compete, prosper, and achieve national goals for health, energy, the environment, and security, with a focus on science, engineering, and medicine.
In carrying out this charge, the study committee will, in addition to other tasks it identifies:
  • describe and assess the historical development, current status, trends, and societal impact of research universities and the “ecosystem” of this set of institutions in the United States, placing these institutions in the context of the nation's research, innovation, and industrial enterprises and the nation's system of higher education;
     
  •  assess the organizational, financial, and intellectual capacity of public and private research universities in the United States, including reference to research universities internationally to the extent possible with existing data; and
     
  • envision the mission and organization of these diverse institutions 10-20 years into the future and the steps needed to get there.

 

Past Meetings & Events

Committee Meeting One
September 21-22, 2010, Washington, DC
September 21 open session 

Committee Meeting Two
November 22-24, 2010, Washington, DC
November 22 open session
Breakout sessions:  Knowledge CapitalInstitutional Environment; Human Capital
November 23 open session; Presentation:  Postdoctoral Training 

Committee Meeting Three
February 20, 2011, Washington, DC
Closed Meeting

 

Reports

Report forthcoming

Membership

 

Chad Holliday - (Chair)
DuPont (retired) and Bank of America
 
Peter Agre
Johns Hopkins University
 
Enriqueta Bond
Burroughs Wellcome Fund (retired)

C.W. "Paul" Chu
University of Houston
 
Francisco Cigarroa
The University Of Texas System
 
James Duderstadt
University of Michigan
 
Ronald Ehrenberg
Cornell University
 
William Frist
Former Majority Leader
 
William Green
Accenture
 
John Hennessy
Stanford University
 
Walter Massey
Morehouse College (retired)
 
Burton McMurtry         
Technology Venture Investments (retired)
 
Ernest Moniz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
Heather Munroe-Blum
McGill University

Cherry Murray
Harvard University
 
John Reed
Citigroup (retired) and MIT Corporation
 
Teresa Sullivan
University of Virginia
 
Sidney Taurel
Eli Lilly & Company
   
 Lee Todd
University of Kentucky

Laura d ‘Andrea Tyson
University of California, Berkeley
 
Padmasree Warrior
Cisco Systems, Incorporated


 

Sponsors

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation


The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

National Science Foundation
 
US Department of Energy

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