Conference on Creating Flexible Structures of Academic Work, to be held in Tucson, AZ, March 12-14, 1997

这次会议将讨论建立灵活的学术工作结构，重新划定大学在科学技术生产和科学家和工程师教育方面的组织界限。会议将大学视为复杂的组织，这引起了人们对抗拒变化、资源重新分配、专业工作重组等问题的关注。会议还将考察大学必须在其中发挥作用的社会、政治和经济环境，从而引出有关收入流变化的作用、联邦政府参与促进跨学科研究以及公共和私营部门之间界限变化的问题。最后，会议将特别关注组织变革对研究生和本科教育的影响。

This conference will discuss the creation of flexible structures of academic work, the redrawing of organizational boundaries in universities' production of science and technology and in their education of scientists and engineers. The conference treats universities as complex organizations, which draws attention to such matters as resistance to change, reallocation of resources, and the restructuring of professional work. The conference will also examine the social, political, and economic environment within which universities must function, leading to questions about the role of changing revenue streams, federal involvement in the promotion of interdisciplinary research, and the changing boundaries between public and private sectors. Finally, the conference will look specifically at the consequences of organizational change for graduate and undergraduate education.