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"Reinventing the Research University"
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    Kumar Patel (UCLA; President of Sigma Xi)

What will be the future "shape" of research universities?  Since WW
II, there has been a mutually beneficial tie-in between research and
education.

(Proceedings will soon be available from the June 1994 conference in
California on "Reinventing the Research University")

Changes:  1) Expectations will be tied to economic growth
          2) The face of graduate education will change
          3) There will be funding issues (even at the national labs)

Recommendations?  (from conference)

    1) Administrators and faculty should be pro-active in planning.
    2) Universities need to establish better links with industry
          and government.
    3) Universities need to address the changes required, such as
          the "Renard" structure.  (e.g., the tenure system)
    4) Universities need to develop better skills at dealing with
          intellectual property rights.
    5) Universities need better links between research and
          undergraduate education.
    6) There is a need for new approaches to make universities (and
          faculty) more accountable to their constituencies.