Universities in the Information Age: Changing Work, Organization, and Value in Academic Science and Engineering

信息时代的大学：学术科学与工程领域不断变化的工作、组织和价值

• 批准号: 9818028
• 负责人: Jennifer Croissant
• 金额: $ 30.04万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-01 至 2003-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9818028&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Universities; Information; Age; Changing; Work

This small grant for training and research will support the development of an interdisciplinary graduate training program examining the changing nature of university work. In the 1990s the interactions of changing social processes and priorities, such as the increasing commercialization of research, with developments in information technology are reshaping the work of university-based scientists and engineers. This program will examine these interactions and explore the ethical issues they raise. The program core consists of two courses, a once-a-year substantive seminar and an ongoing (every semester) research seminar. Participants in these courses will include doctoral students majoring in the program, as well as other graduate students in science, engineering, and social and informational sciences interested in completing a masters or a minor or elective coursework in the area. Beyond this core work, students' programs of study and research will be individualized; faculty from numerous departments have agreed to cooperate with this effort. A three-day capstone seminar as well as a special lecture series will be used to highlight research ethics issues raised in the training program. NSF funds will be used to support three graduate students and a post-doctoral fellow each year over the three years of the award, and the program expects to work with a total of 15-22 students over that period. Besides the student and faculty research projects that will be associated with this effort, successful incorporation of aspects of this program into graduate training at the university will provide a model for other universities with interests in incorporating interdisciplinarity into graduate education.

这笔用于培训和研究的小额赠款将支持跨学科研究生培训计划的发展，以研究大学工作不断变化的性质。20世纪90年代，不断变化的社会进程和优先事项（如研究日益商业化）与信息技术发展的相互作用正在重塑大学科学家和工程师的工作。这个程序将检查这些相互作用，并探讨他们提出的伦理问题。该计划核心包括两门课程，一年一次的实质性研讨会和正在进行的（每学期）研究研讨会。这些课程的参与者将包括主修该课程的博士生，以及其他有兴趣完成该领域硕士或辅修或选修课程的科学、工程、社会和信息科学研究生。除了这个核心工作，学生的学习和研究计划将是个性化的；许多院系的教员都同意配合这项工作。为期三天的顶点研讨会和一个特别系列讲座将用于强调培训计划中提出的研究伦理问题。NSF基金将在三年的奖励中每年用于支持三名研究生和一名博士后，该项目预计在此期间将与15-22名学生合作。除了与此相关的学生和教师研究项目外，成功地将该计划的各个方面纳入大学的研究生培训，将为其他有兴趣将跨学科纳入研究生教育的大学提供一个典范。