Planning for the Research Mission of Public Universities in the Twenty-first Century
no. 101 - June 1997

Table of Contents

(printer-friendly version of the 1997 publication)

Introduction
Mabel Rice, Director, Merrill Advanced Studies Center

Executive Summary

The State of Research Endeavors: View from the University-wide Leadership Level

Knowledge Follows Inquiry, Wisdom Follows Discovery
Robert Hemenway, Chancellor, University of Kansas

The Agenda for Change
James Moeser, Chancellor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

The State of Research Endeavors: View from the Front Lines

Cross-Disciplinary Configurations of the Research Enterprise
Paul Cheney, University of Kansas Medical Center

The Need for Externally-Generated Funding
Elias Michaelis, University of Kansas

Teaching Demands on the Researcher
Thomas N. Taylor, University of Kansas

Advocacy Issues surrounding Externally-Funded Research Programs
Sidney Shapiro, University of Kansas

The State of Research Endeavors: View from the Administrative Level

Larry Clark, Dean, Arts and Sciences, University of Missouri

Andrew Debicki, Dean, Graduate School and International Programs, University of Kansas

Brian Foster, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Sally Frost-Mason, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas

Deborah Powell, Executive Dean, School of Medicine and Vice-Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, University of Kansas Medical Center

The State of Research Endeavors: View from the Campus-wide Leadership Level

A.L. Chapman, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Kansas Medical Center

David Shulenburger, Provost, University of Kansas

List of Participants