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

这笔用于培训和研究的小额赠款将支持开发一个跨学科的研究生培训计划，以审查大学工作性质的变化。1990年代，不断变化的社会进程和优先事项，如研究日益商业化，与信息技术的发展相互作用，正在重塑大学科学家和工程师的工作。本节目将研究这些互动，并探讨它们所引发的伦理问题。该计划的核心包括两门课程，一年一次的实质性研讨会和一次正在进行的(每学期)研究研讨会。这些课程的参与者将包括主修该项目的博士生，以及其他对完成该领域硕士或辅修课程或选修课程感兴趣的科学、工程、社会和信息科学研究生。除了这项核心工作外，学生的学习和研究计划将是个性化的；来自多个系的教职员工已同意与这一努力合作。为期三天的顶石研讨会以及一系列特别讲座将用于突出培训计划中提出的研究伦理问题。NSF的资金将用于在该奖项的三年内每年支持三名研究生和一名博士后研究员，该项目预计在此期间与总共15-22名学生合作。除了与这一努力相关的学生和教师研究项目外，成功地将该项目的各个方面纳入该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样板。

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.