Integrated Sciences:- New Approaches to Education- A Virtual Roundtable Discussion- Springer Publications- Edited by Michael Brint, David Marcey, Michael Shaw - Preface - PART ONE: THE PROMISES AND CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATED SCIENCE - Question 1: In what ways can or should science and government be integrated? - Al Gore, Vice-President, United States of America (1993-2001); Nobel Laureate copyright forthcoming) - Bruce Alberts, Former President (1993 2005), U.S. National Academy of Sciences - Question 2: What are the promises and challenges of scientific integration? - Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health. - James J. Duderstadt, President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. - PART TWO: THE INTEGRATION OF ACADEMIC SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY - Question 3: Should business and industry create integrative partnerships with academic science? - Stanley Aronowitz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Cultural Studies Program at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. - David L. Kirp, Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. - Question 4: What are the institutional obstacles to the integration of academic science and industry? - Hank Riggs, Founding President and Trustee, Keck Graduate Institute - William A. Haseltine, President, William A. Haseltine Foundation - PART THREE: THE IMPLICATIONS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING - Question 5: What are the long term implications of integration/interdisciplinary science on traditional disciplines and their professional associations (turf wars)? - Steven Brint, Associate Dean and Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside - Paul Grobstein, Eleanor A. Bliss Professor of Biology, Bryn Mawr College - Question 6: What are the implications of integrated science for liberal arts education and pedagogy at the undergraduate level? - William Wulf, University Professor, University of Virginia, President Emeritus, National Academy of Engineering - Donald Kennedy, President Emeritus at Stanford University. - Question 7: Do the new directions in scientific training have an impact on developing a more diverse workforce? - Rita R. Colwell, University of Maryland and 11th Director of the National Science Foundation - Donald Kennedy, Bing Professor of Environmental Science and President emeritus at Stanford University. - Question 8: What are the implications for training at the Master s level? - Rita R. Colwell, University of Maryland and 11th Director of the National Science Foundation - Sheila Tobias, National Outreach Coordinator for the Professional Science Master s (1997-2005) - Question 9: What are the implications for training at the doctoral level? - David Baltimore, Robert A. Millikan Professor of Biology at California Institute of Technology - Chris M. Golde, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Stanford University - H. Alix Gallagher, Senior Researcher, SRI International - Thomas Cech, Nobel Laureate; President of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado - Gerald Rubin, Vice President and Director, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Question 10: What are the architectural implications of integration? - Robert Venturi, Pritzker Prize winner in Architecture and founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. - Claire M. Fraser, Director, Institute for Genomic Sciences - References
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Author(s): Brint, Michael E. - Marcey, David J. - Shaw, Michael C.