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CYRUS Institute of Knowledge ( CIK) Make A Difference . Nader Asgary CIK-Bentley University http ://www.ted.com/talks/neil_macgregor_2600_years_of_history_in_one_object.html. Content. Purpose Rationale Values Mission Vision Strategy Operational Model A Brief Historical Background
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CYRUS Institute of Knowledge (CIK) Make A Difference Nader Asgary CIK-Bentley University http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_macgregor_2600_years_of_history_in_one_object.html
Content • Purpose • Rationale • Values • Mission • Vision • Strategy • Operational Model • A Brief Historical Background • Get Involved
PURPOSE • An intellectual atmosphere for scholars and practitioners focusing on: • Management sciences • Economic development and sustainable growth • Related disciplines • Educational services and training to: • Individuals and organizations in the regions • Individuals and organizations in the West • Regions: the Middle East (ME), North Africa (NA), and Central Asia (CA) • Cyrus is a charitable, educational, scientific, secular, and nonpartisan organization.
Research Questions • Demand • Supply • Niche market? • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_think_tanks • http://www.mei.edu/ • https://www.ikat.org/ • http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_eng.
Values Make A Difference Collaborate Contribute Integrity Compassion
Mission Development Leadership Innovation Deliberation Entrepreneurship Harmony Education
Vision To cultivate the discourse on human capital potentials for better living
Strategy • A well-known and credible institute • Generate significant unbiased reports and manuscripts • Highly valued and demanded services • Financially sound • Capability of supporting young scholars • Development of new ideas • Expansion in other areas
A Brief Historical Background • A book entitled “The Great American University, its rise to prominence, its indispensable national role why it must be protected” by Johnston Cole, 2009, • Created path to greatness • Shaped American society (values, system of governance, industries, etc.) • National treasures • “These towers of excellence are not just “ivory tower”. Instead they are transforming our lives: they are exceptionally talented scholars inside those towers making discoveries that are important to our lives.”
A Brief Historical Background • Clark Kerr says that “American University ….. is not Oxford or Berlin: it is a new type of institution in the world. It is not really private or really public;…..It is unique ….the university is so many things to so many different people that it must, of necessity, be partially at war with itself. “ • Competition and Choices are the core of American higher education.
A Brief Historical Background • Shanghai Jiao Tong Universities evaluated top 500 university based on their research performance and found that: • Out of top 20, 17 are American • Out of top 50, 40 are American • Since 1930, 60% of the Nobel Prize winners have been Americans • Top 500 universities, none of them are from ME, CA, and NA.
A Brief Historical Background • In 1636, Harvard college opened its door to only NINE students. • Harvard was never officially linked to any religion. The Puritans designed the college “To advance learning and perpetuate posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to churches.” p.14 • First American University to emphasize research was John Hopkins (1876). • John Hopkins, an entrepreneur and wealthy industrialist allocated $ 7 million to build a hospitals and a new type of university, research focus.
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