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Broadening the Agenda for Scholarship and Research

This initiative aims to broaden the agenda for scholarship and research at USC by promoting a culture of excellence, fostering pervasive innovation, and supporting activities that enhance research capabilities. It addresses the need for universities to adapt to the changing landscape of academia, particularly in the digital age, to ensure fair evaluation and recognition of scholars. The focus is on leveraging technology for information sharing, collaboration, and assessment, while questioning traditional academic practices to expand knowledge and benefit society. Manifestations include redefining academic publishing, library functions, tenure processes, IT infrastructure, physical spaces, and impact measurement.

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Broadening the Agenda for Scholarship and Research

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  1. Broadening the Agenda for Scholarship and Research

  2. USC Challenges • Culture of Excellence: Expectation that Every Faculty Member is at the Forefront of His/Her Field. • PhD/Postdoc Program that attracts the best students, and the best placements. • Pervasive Innovation: Education, Research, Clinical all Recognized for Being New and Fresh.

  3. Office Activities • Center for Excellence in Research • Direct/active Support for Funded Research • Small Grants to Initiate Collaborative Research • Support for Initiatives that Build University Strengths • Financial Support for Core Shared Labs

  4. At the Core, We Must beInnovative in How We do Research

  5. What to Avoid

  6. Measurement

  7. More Measurement“For Universities, the challenge will be ensuring that scholars who are making more and more of their material online will be fairly judged in hiring and promotion decisions”

  8. New Media

  9. Journals

  10. Sharing

  11. Networked Collaboration

  12. What Technology Can Do • Information distributed & shared, quickly & cheaply • Easier to find and retrieve desired information • Easier to expand research networks well beyond home institution • Automated methods to assess relevance and significance of information & sources • Archives can be dynamic, interactive and collaborative

  13. Effects • Fast • Collaborative • Changing • Individualized

  14. Our Traditions • Peer reviewed print publications. • Recognition of individual accomplishments, as viewed by others. • Focus on one’s own (sub)discipline or academic department • Contemplation

  15. The Question In our new world, how can universities best: • Expand Knowledge • Use Knowledge to Benefit Society

  16. Do University Traditions Stand in the Way of Our Mission to Expand Knowledge, for the Benefit of Society?

  17. Manifestations • Future of academic publishing • Nature of the library • Components of a tenure/promotion dossier • IT infrastructure to support collaboration • Academic units that span physical space • Shared laboratories and experimentation • Measures to assess impact and significance

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