1. The Enterprise of Academia: Strategies for Innovation
January 2004

2. Science is a Principal Driver of Change
SOCIAL CHANGE
Internet
HEALTH AND
MEDICAL
CHANGE
Biotechnology
Science has the power to completely transform civilization. For some, science has made life comfortable and secure. For others, it has meant death and destruction
SCIENCE-
BASED
ECONOMY
ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGE
Climate
NATIONAL
SECURITY
CHANGE
Weapons of
Mass
Destruction

3. Science Policy Can Drive Outcomes
Types of Benefits
Emergence of
New Problems
Given the impact of science, science policy is the key variable, yet almost entirely ignored.
SCIENCE
POLICY
Distribution of
Benefits
Distribution of
Problems

4. Knowledge Production Universities drive innovation
Universities are the primary knowledge producers in the United States

5. Evolution of the U.S. National Innovation System
Laissez-Faire ( )
War and Post-War ( )
Federalization ( )

6. Laissez-Faire ( )
Government has no distinct S&T policy or mission
Key institutions in NIS were independent corporate R&D labs
In the late 19th century, universities emerge as the home of basic science and advanced training

7. War and Post-War ( )
Government establishes R&D institutions and expanded academic role to support the war effort
Large-scale federal investment, federally mandated objectives, targeted funding and industry-government cooperation are the norm
By end of war, hundreds of new labs established and potential of large-scale R&D to meet national objectives is demonstrated

8. Current Approach to Science and Technology Policy
Inputs Processes Products Outcomes
Addresses
Conduct of S&T
Products and processes of S&T
Assumes
All societal outcomes will be positive
Linear model of innovation and societal benefit

9. Federalization: U.S. NIS Institutions
Hundred of large industrial labs
Dozens of large federal labs
Thousands of small technology-oriented labs and companies
Hundred of unconnected and unplanned federal labs
Hundreds of thousands of researchers at universities

10. But where are we going?

11. Indications of Societal Transformation
GMO controversy
Affordability of AIDS drugs
Lack of medical insurance
Aging of the population
Changing climate

12. Discussion
How can science and science-based technology most effectively contribute to an improved quality of life for the greatest number of people?
Malaria is the leading cause of death in young children. It is estimated that if malaria had been eradicated in Africa by 1960, GDP would be 32% higher than it is today.
Until the 1950s, polio crippled thousands of children every year in industrialized countries.

13. Dual Agenda: Science and Social Equity
The challenge is to develop S&T policy that reaches a significant proportion of the population
S&T and social issues are critically interdependent
Technology strategy drives government spending and its social outcomes
Linear thinking in technology policy is linear thinking in social outcomes

14. Science and Technology are Economic Drivers
Scientific and technical changes accounts for as much as 50% of long-run economic growth, even perhaps as much as 75%.

15. Lessons from Old Science Policy
Desired outcomes can drive the science
Societal value of new knowledge is determined by how it is used and by whom it is used
Societal outcomes reflect who is making science policy
Desired outcomes emerge when scientific advance is well-matched by societal needs

16. Cycle Dynamics Societal Outcomes Economic Outcomes POLICY S&T Outcomes
Education
New skills
Societal
Outcomes
Economic
Outcomes
New social
structures
POLICY
New industries
New institutions
S&T
Outcomes
Conduct
of Science
Tech transfer
Knowledge
Networks
Knowledge transfer

17. New Science Policy
New Science Policy aims to create knowledge, cultivate public discourse and foster policies that help society grapple with the immense power of science.

18. A New Science Policy Framework
Outcome-driven
Integrated
Informed
Self-correcting
Recognizes and responds to the inextricable links between science and technology and societal evolution

19. The Evolving University
The University Must Embrace its Cultural, Socioeconomic, and Physical Setting
The University Must Become a Force, and Not Only a Place
The University as Entrepreneur
Pasteur’s Principle
Intellectual Fusion
Social Embeddedness
Global Engagement

20. Universities Drive Innovation
Underpin many of the major knowledge-based industries over the past two centuries
Anchor clusters of innovation
Generate creative capital
Generate knowledge capital
Trains human capital
Build social capital
Attract financial capital
Preserve natural capital

21. Universities Drive Entrepreneurial Activities
Spur the creation, or ‘spin-off’ of new firms based on the R&D activities at the university
Enable ‘social networks’ that encourage technical graduates to stay in the region, and that generate increasingly more high-tech entrepreneurial activity within the region

22. Science and Technology
Role of the University
Knowledge production
Creativity
Innovation
Science and Technology
Economic Growth

23. DESIGN IMPERATIVE 1: Leveraging Place
ASU Must Embrace its Cultural, Socioeconomic, and Physical Setting

24. Consortium for the Study of Rapidly Urbanizing Regions (CSRUR)
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 1: LEVERAGING PLACE
Consortium for the Study of Rapidly Urbanizing Regions (CSRUR)
Study the implications of human impact on the environment
Interdisciplinary cohort of scholars
Urgent local relevance
Learn from experiences of other rapidly growing urban centers

25. Greater Phoenix 2100 Project
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 1: LEVERAGING PLACE
Greater Phoenix 2100 Project
Provide data and analysis to regional decision makers
Published the comprehensive Greater Phoenix Regional Atlas
Urban Design Institute

26. DESIGN IMPERATIVE 2: Societal Transformation
ASU Must Become a Force, and Not Only a Place

27. ASU on the Move! ASU Digital Gateway ASU in Your Community
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 2: SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION
ASU on the Move!
ASU Digital Gateway
ASU in Your Community
Family Engagement
CRESMET: Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology

28. DESIGN IMPERATIVE 3: ASU as Entrepreneur
A Culture of Academic Enterprise

29. Intellectual capital as a the source of institution’s prosperity
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 3: ASU AS ENTREPRENEUR
Intellectual capital as a the source of institution’s prosperity
Build a culture of academic enterprise
Moving from an agency model to an enterprise model

30. Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 3: ASU AS ENTREPRENEUR
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing
Established September 2003
The Piper investment endows the Piper Center providing funding for operations and innovative programs, including an annual writers’ conference

31. DESIGN IMPERATIVE 4: Use-Inspired Research
Pasteur’s Principle

32. DESIGN IMPERATIVE 4: USE-INSPIRED RESEARCH
ASU must be a university in which scholars consider the transformational effect of their work on society
Academic programs must be relevant and wherever practicable, directly serve the needs of the people of Arizona

33. Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (CSPO)
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 4: USE-INSPIRED RESEARCH
Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (CSPO)
Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
Established in January 2003
Mission: to stimulate and support research and education on the role of religion in public controversies
Interdisciplinary and comparative study of religion

34. DESIGN IMPERATIVE 4: USE-INSPIRED RESEARCH
Center for the Production of Vaccines from Applied Crop Sciences (ProVacs)
Develop mechanisms for the delivery of vaccines for hepatitis B, smallpox, and other large-scale killers through genetically-altered tomatoes.

35. DESIGN IMPERATIVE 5: A Focus on the Individual
Outcome-Determined Excellence/ A Commitment to Diversity

36. ASU focuses on outcome-determined diversity Commitment to diversity
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 5: A FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL
ASU focuses on outcome-determined diversity
Commitment to diversity
Enhance the undergraduate experience with learning in small groups

37. Polytechnic at ASU East
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 5: A FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL
Polytechnic at ASU East
Emphasis on experience-based learning and applications-based problem solving
$27.5 million in new classroom and research space added
30% increases in enrollment for four years straight

38. ASU West DESIGN IMPERATIVE 5: A FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL
ASU West is celebrating its 20th year
ASU West serves a diverse body of more than 7,000 students
“Learning community” model expanded to meet the demands of growth in freshman
Committed to the principle of “education without borders”—learning that transcends fields of study, limitations of geography and the age of students

39. Barrett Honors College
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 5: A FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL
Barrett Honors College
ASU as a powerhouse in national scholarship circles—producing more winners of top national scholarships that virtually any other university
Mark Jacobs joins ASU as Dean of the Honors College

40. Freshman Year Experience
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 5: A FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL
Freshman Year Experience
Ranked 23rd in the nation by U.S. News
ASU names one of the 25 colleges for Hispanic students by Hispanic Magazine

41. ASU Leadership Institute for Sport and Humanity
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 5: A FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL
ASU Leadership Institute for Sport and Humanity
Created to bring students, scholars, athletes, professional sports leagues, and leaders in business and industry together to reaffirm the important positive influences of sport in America

42. DESIGN IMPERATIVE 6: Intellectual Fusion
Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary/ Transdisciplinary/Postdisciplinary

43. Arizona Biodesign Institute
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 6: INTELLECTUAL FUSION
Arizona Biodesign Institute
Use-inspired fundamental bioscience and engineering research, discovery and innovation
to meet human health needs

44. School of Life Sciences
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 6: INTELLECTUAL FUSION
School of Life Sciences
Genetics and Bioinformatics
Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Sciences
Environmental Engineering Environmental Fluid Dynamics – Air Biotechnology
Centers
CES/CSRUR
EFD-Air
Sustainability Sensors

45. Institute for Studies in the Arts (ISA)
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 6: INTELLECTUAL FUSION
Institute for Studies in the Arts (ISA)
Build on the innovative and renowned programs
Enlarge scope of the institute
Bring together researchers from diverse disciplines
Special focus on the relationship of the arts to developments in technology and new media

46. DESIGN IMPERATIVE 7: Social Embeddedness
Public Service/Community Engagement/Outreach

47. Public service has long been a defining characteristic of ASU
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 7: SOCIAL EMBEDDNESSNESS
Public service has long been a defining characteristic of ASU
Academic institutions reflect society in a utopian microcosm
University as social incubator—we must engage the society evolving before our eyes

48. ASU Downtown Campus DESIGN IMPERATIVE 7: SOCIAL EMBEDDNESSNESS
Serves as the flagship location for the Extended Campus and the ASU College of Extended Education.
The Downtown Center is rapidly moving toward becoming another ASU campus.
ASUonline and ASUtv deliver ASU courses and public service programming 24 hours a day

49. Impact in Pre-K Education
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 7: SOCIAL EMBEDDNESSNESS
Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and the Family
Impact in Pre-K Education
ASU has four primary goals:
Develop high quality teachers
To develop strong school leaders
To create early interventions and
To encourage cooperation between schools and the private sector.

50. Academic Community Engagement Services (ACES)
DESIGN IMPERATIVE 7: SOCIAL EMBEDDNESSNESS
Academic Community Engagement Services (ACES)
Over past decade more than 4,000 ASU students have given over 600,000 hours of service
Students tutor reading, math, and science to more than 1,500 children in impoverished areas of Metro Phoenix—34 programs at 16 sites

51. DESIGN IMPERATIVE 7: SOCIAL EMBEDDNESSNESS
Ecology Explorers
Offers K-12 students the opportunity to participate in scientific research in urban ecosystems
Program leads students through data collection techniques and the collection of initial data
Students learn to look for patterns in nature
Students submit questions and data online and are encouraged to meet with research scientists

52. ASU Main Campus in 2006
Rendering of site off Rural Road and Terrace; Phase II & III
Access off 202, and light rail

53. What is the collective good we want inquiry to promote?
Philip Kitcher, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University