Excellence in Research [microform] : Creative Organizational Responses at Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. ASHE 1985 Annual Meeting Paper / John J. Gardiner
- Bib ID:
- 5456281
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Gardiner, John J
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1985
- 41 p.
- Summary:
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Research environments of four leading universities were studied: University of California at Berkeley (UC-Berkeley), Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Stanford University. Attention was directed to organizational responses for encouraging collaboration in research at these leading universities, as well as to implications for encouraging excellence in research at other institutions that are striving for increased productivity and quality during hard times. Two independent organized research groups located at Stanford University, SRI International and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, helped promote research vitality at the university. At MIT, there is an emphasis on innovation and high levels of communication between disciplines, and a willingness to take risks in an uncertain environment. Internal organizational reforms at MIT include a new definition of faculty associated with organized research units. UC-Berkeley has experimented with a governance process to help reorder departmental boundaries in an academic area so that the reorganized units are less damaging to the development of new fields of study. Harvard has increased ties with industry and business, which provide opportunities to promote technological developments. (SW)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (Chicago, IL, March 15-17, 1985).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Case Studies
- College Environment
- College Faculty
- Cooperative Programs
- Higher Education
- Institutional Characteristics
- Interdisciplinary Approach
- Interprofessional Relationship
- Organizational Change
- Prestige
- Private Colleges
- Productivity
- Research and Development Centers
- Researchers
- School Business Relationship
- Selective Colleges
- State Universities
- ASHE Annual Meeting Research Universities
- Excellence Harvard University MA Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University CA University of California Berkeley
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