University DesignChina-US Forum on

First Roundtable of Public University Presidents

Social Embeddedness and Regional Economic Development

June 1-2, 2005

Recent history has seen the university’s societal role transform

AcademiesSmall isolated disengaged

300 years ago• Universities were automatically “worthy”• Created thinkers and well rounded citizens

200 years ago• Universities were considered economic entities• Began assisting employers and being recognized for local expenditures

100 years ago• Universities legitimized as work

force developers• Value of imported

out-of-area money

European Experience

European Universitiesguilds

German Universitiesfor industrial development

American Research UniversitiesOpen, but narrow accessindirect engagement

21st Century ChallengesThe New Gold Standard

ASU is inclusive, and seeks to provide the best possible education to the broadest possible spectrum of society.

DESIGN IMPERATIVES

1. Leveraging place

ASU must embrace its cultural,

socioeconomic and physical setting

2. Transforming society

ASU must become a force and

not only a place

3. Knowledge Entrepreneur

A culture of academic enterprise

4. Pasteur’s Principle

Use inspired research

5. A Focus on the Individual

Outcome-Determined Excellence

A Commitment to Cultural Diversity

6. Intellectual Fusion

Interdisciplinary Multidisciplinary

Transdisciplinary Postdisciplinary

7. Social Embeddedness

Public Service Community Engagement

Outreach

8. Global Engagement

Transnational Transcultural

DESIGN IMPERATIVES

1. Leveraging Place

Academic Institutions leverage place by

embracing cultural, socioeconomic and

physical settings. The research university

can be a primary driver for regional social

change, social and cultural learning and

appropriate economic development.

Exemplars:

International Institute for Sustainability

Decision Theatre for the New Arizona

Decision Center for a Desert City

Greater Phoenix 2100

Central Arizona-Phoenix Long Term Ecological

Research Project

Morrison Institute for Public Policy

DESIGN IMPERATIVES

1. Leveraging place

ASU must embrace its cultural,

socioeconomic and physical setting

2. Societal Transformation

Research universities can be the

preeminent catalysts for social change.

Exemplars:

Center for Research on Education in Science,

Mathematics, Engineering and Technology

School of Human Evolution and Social Change

ASU in Your Community

Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer

DESIGN IMPERATIVES

1. Leveraging place

ASU must embrace its cultural,

socioeconomic and physical setting

2. Transforming society

ASU must become a force and

not only a place

3. Knowledge Entrepreneur

Intellectual capital is the wellspring of a

great university and the source of its

potential to transform our world.

Exemplars:

ASU Scottsdale Center for New

Technology and Innovation

ASU Technopolis

Arizona Technology Enterprises

KAET Public Television Station

Virginia C. Piper Center for Creative Writing

DESIGN IMPERATIVES

1. Leveraging place

ASU must embrace its cultural,

socioeconomic and physical setting

2. Transforming society

ASU must become a force and

not only a place

3. Knowledge Entrepreneur

A culture of academic enterprise

4. Pasteur’s Principle

If we are to improve the human condition,

we must consider the social implications of

our research and harness our knowledge

for maximum societal benefit.

Exemplars:

Flexible Display Center

Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes

Institute for Social Science Research

Arizona Biomedical Collaborative

Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict

Sustainable Materials and Renewable Technologies

Water Quality Center

DESIGN IMPERATIVES

5. A Focus on the Individual

ASU focuses on outcome determined

excellence. We will judge the success

of our university by the success

of each student.

Exemplars:

University College

Asian LEAD Academy

Freshmen Year Experience

Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative

Preparing Future Faculty

Programs for Talented Youth

DESIGN IMPERATIVES

5. A Focus on the Individual

Outcome-Determined Excellence

A Commitment to Cultural Diversity

6. Intellectual Fusion

A new and more fluid organization is

urgently needed. The New American

University encourages teaching and

research that is interdisciplinary,

multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary

and post-disciplinary.

Exemplars:

Biodesign Institute at ASU

Institute for Computing and Information

Sciences and Engineering

Institute for Studies in the Arts

Integrative Graduate Education and

Research

Training (IGERT): Biomolecular

Technology; Neural

and Musculoskeletal Adaptations in

Form and

Function; Urban Ecology

Leadership for Educational

Entrepreneurs Program

School of Life Sciences

DESIGN IMPERATIVES

7. Social Embeddedness

A comprehensive approach to public service.

Exemplars:

Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and the

Family

University-School Partnership

Academic Community Engagement Services

ASU Mars Education Program

Breaking the Cycle Community Healthcare Clinic

Center for Non-Profit Leadership & Management

Crime Victims’ Legal Assistance Project

De Colores Domestic Violence Project

DESIGN IMPERATIVES

8. Global Engagement

There is no aspect of our teaching, research or public service that does not possess global implication. Even service to the communities immediately surrounding our campus can have bearing worldwide. ASU can establish programs and practices with application anywhere in the world.

Exemplars:

ASU in China

China-US Forum on University Design

W. P. Carey School of Business

MBA Shanghai

Economic Club of Shanghai

Sustainable Land Use Partnership

with China's Ministry of

Land and Resources

Mars in China - Beijing Science &

Technology Week

Inner Mongolian Grassland

Ecosystem Project

ASU Pan-American Initiative

W. P. Carey School of Business

MBA Mexico

Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering

Program in Global Engineering

School of Global Studies

The Institutional Challenge

New institutional arrangements are necessary to harness knowledge to address the challenges we face

Excellence and Embeddedness

Sustainability as a Case Study

ScienceApproaches to Inquiry

Pre-Science• Look at nature• Make educated guess as to how it works

Traditional Science• Study nature• Hypothesize how it works• Make very educated guess as to how it works and what it means• Build theory (predictions

Integrated Science• Traditional science• Expand and link

• Observation• Experimentation• Modeling

• Integrate with natural science• Integrate beyond natural science

5000 years before 1700

1700-2000

2000-

Outcome based inquiry

Outcome Specific Tools/Understanding toAttain Outcome

Traditional science Key questions

• Ensure environmental sustainability• Enhance economic and social development in less

developed areas in the United States and beyond• Improve long-term quality of life through science-based solutions

Outcome based inquiry

Outcome Ensure Environmental Sustainability

What science needs to be done towards this outcome?

Integrate Ecosystem

Science and Climate

Science• Everglades

Sustainability

Forecast• Colorado River

Basin Alert

Integrate Physical

System Models and

Meteorology• Habitat Threat Alerts• Slope Stability Alerts

Integrate Fishing

Management Science

and Meteorology and

Climate Science• Real Time Fishing Limits

University as Entrepreneur

Economic Development and Societal Transformation

Economic Development

• Educating, coaching and connecting

technology and life sciences entrepreneurs• Stimulating the economy by providing high

quality, rigorous entrepreneurial training

programs successfully proven with science

and technology innovators

Technopolis

AZte

• Works with university inventors and

industry to transform scientific progress

into products and services• Actively engaging students in technology ventures

ASU Scottsdale Center forNew Technology and Innovation

• 21st century business community

location that links technology innovation

and business savvy• Focus on technology commercialization,

entrepreneurship and business development

MacroTechnology Works

• Shared Innovation Potential

• Engagement of University brain trust

• Access to unique fabrication infrastructure

• Access to platform technologies

• Reduced product development cycle time with rapid Market Entry and Product Adoption

• Value-Added Products

• Shared / Reduced Risk

ASU Main Campus in 1928

ASU Main Campus in Spring 2003

ASU Main Campus in 2006

University Design

Social Embeddedness and Regional Economic Development