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追求无止境的前沿:麻省理工学院的论文集和研究型大学的角色

Pursuing The Endless Frontier: Essays on MIT and the Role of Research Universities
课程网址: http://videolectures.net/mitworld_vest_pef/  
主讲教师: Vest Charles M
开课单位: 麻省理工学院
开课时间: 2011-07-18
课程语种: 英语
中文简介:
在该研究所掌舵14年后,查克·维斯特讨论了在动荡时期指导一所主要研究型大学所面临的挑战和机遇。Vest的新书在他的评论中概述了他对麻省理工的“冒险”的详细而贴心的看法。其中一些关键章节:在任期开始时,他面临着麻省理工与联邦政府之间关系的根本转变,这是由于对科学研究的怀疑和敌意。他认识到分子生物学、神经科学和信息技术等领域的爆炸性增长和信号重要性,并试图深化麻省理工对这些领域的投资。Vest致力于反映麻省理工学院的项目,以及其与工业的关系,促进全球化和快速技术创新。他描述了他是如何与麻省理工学院社区进行对话的,讨论政府大厅倡导的“在科学领域做大的、大胆的、冒险的事情”的“好奇心和重大问题”,并努力使麻省理工学院的教师多样化。在9月11日的袭击之后,维斯特公开表示反对“过度反应”,并主张继续开放国际学术和交流,以免我们“无意中削弱了科学和创造更好世界的能力”。维斯特总结道,“总统不是工作,而是生活。”背心,一件他坚信“我学会爱的价值观”。
课程简介: At the conclusion of 14 years at the helm of the Institute, Chuck Vest discusses the challenges and opportunities involved in guiding a major research university through tumultuous times. Vest’s new book, outlined in his remarks, provides a detailed and intimate view of his MIT “adventure.” Some key chapters: At the start of his tenure, he confronted a fundamental shift in the relationship between MIT and the federal government, driven by suspicion and hostility toward scientific research. He recognized the explosive growth and signal importance of such fields as molecular biology, neuroscience, and information technologies, and sought to deepen MIT’s investment in them. Vest worked to reflect in MIT’s programs, and in its relations with industry, increasing globalization and rapid technological innovation. He describes how he engaged in a conversation with the MIT community about “curiosity and big questions;” advocated in the halls of government for “doing large, bold, adventurous things” in science; and worked to diversify MIT’s faculty. Following the attacks of September 11th, Vest made a public stand against “overreaction,” and advocated continued openness in international scholarship and communication, lest we “inadvertently weaken science and …our ability to create a better world.” The “presidency is not a job, but a life,” concludes Vest, one in which he holds true to “MIT values I learned to love.”
关 键 词: 研究型大学; 技术创新; 教师多元化; 全球化
课程来源: 视频讲座课
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