1. USA universities as research centers: features & opportunities Anna Bakinovskaia Nadezhda Cherepan 2011

2. Concept of modern university:

Elite university + Research university

3. Features of modern research universities:

• multifunctionality: generation+ knowledge transfer;

• focus onresearch and development;

• high professional level of academic staff;

• integrationinto the international systemof science;

• acceptance tointernationalexperience andflexibilityinthe new directionsof research andteaching methods;

• specialintellectual environment;

• democratic valuesand academic freedom;

• leading positionsin a givenregion, country andthe world's scientificand educational community

• focus onmodern trendsandinnovations in economy, science and technology.

4. Role of research universities:

Universities as knowledge creators

indispensable players in the advancement of scientificknowledge, which seeds new generations of applied research, scientific breakthroughs and streams of new products thatstrengthen economy.

Universities, Entrepreneurs and Competitive Businesses

Innovation centers around 3ingredients: knowledge creators, knowledge, and knowledge diffusion andapplication.

At the Forefront of Job Training and Re-skilling

Extension programs offer accessible means to continually

upgrade skills, acquire industry-specific applied skills and learn new knowledgeand skills for moving into better jobs or new careers.

5. AmericanResearch Environment

In the dynamic economy of our time, nations in search of global significance have fastened on the notion that scientific knowledge is one of if not the key differentiator between those nations that dominate world trade and take a leadership in global affairs and those relegated to second tier status. Science and scientific knowledge, produced by major research universities, appear in this narrative as the magical touchstones of progress, prosperity, and power. The nations with strong competitive science-based universities have the ability to create the future in their own image.

In the United States, the federal government provides a wide range of subsidies to educational institutions and imposes a variety of regulations in addition to those imposed by the states. As a result, the context for any individual public university will vary significantly from the context of another. Although the national government does not control the operation of universities in the United States, it creates the primary marketplace for research competition. Significant investment by federal research agencies creates a pool of funds in support of research that public and private university researchers compete for.

Elizabeth D. Capaldi John V. Lombardi Craig W. Abbey Diane D. Craig. (2010) The Top American Universities. 2010 Annual Report. The Center for Measuring University Performance. Arizona State University

6. Top American research universities in 2010

Annual Report from 2004 establishes measurements

criteria for evoluation of research activities of universities T

The Top American Research University annual reports

serve to help universities understand the context within

which high performing research universities function

• • Columbia University

• • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• • Stanford University

• • University of Pennsylvania

• • Harvard University

• • Yale University

• • Duke University

• • University of California - Berkeley

• • University of California - Los Angeles

• • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• • University of Washington - Seattle

7. Columbia University

27,606 students;

93 faculties

14,563 staff members

For more than 250 years, Columbia has been a leader in

higher education in the nation and around the world. At the core of our wide range of academic inquiry is the commitment to attract and engage the best minds in pursuit of greater human understanding, pioneering new discoveries and service to society . Research centers: Government and Community Affairs, Medical Center, Government and Community Affairs, Morningside, ColumbiaTechnology Ventures, Research Computing Services, Sponsored Projects Finance, University Development and Alumni Relations

web:http://mup.asu.edu

8. Massachusetts Instituteof Technology

10,220 students

34 faculties

10,023 staff members

Research at MIT aims to develop innovative solutions to the worlds most daunting challenges. From addressing theenergy needsof tomorrow to improvingcancer therapies , MITs research efforts are enhanced throughcreative collaborationswith leading research institutes and consortia around the world. Compiled here are just some of the MIT labs, centers and programs where cutting-edge research is taking place.Research opportunities:42 research center in different domains.

web:http://mit.edu/

9. Stanford University

19, 782 students

70 faculties

11,145 staff members

From Nobel Prize winners to undergraduates, all members of the Stanford community are engaged in creating new knowledge, whether in the sciences, business, the arts or wherever their interests lie. Stanford is particularly noted for its openness to multidisciplinary research, not only within its schools and departments, but also in its laboratories, institutes, libraries and research centers.

web:http://www.stanford.edu

10. University of Pennsylvania

23,980 students

12 schools

14,031 staff members

Penn is one of the world's most powerful research and teaching institutions, with a research budget last year topping $800 million and more than 4,000 active faculty members. The scale and interdisciplinary character of research and teaching sets Penn apart, and our highly rankedPerelman School of Medicineis one of the top recipients of NIH funding in the country. Penn is one of the nation's premier research universities with more than $700 million in annual R&D expenditures. A broad multidisciplinary approach creates faculty-student collaborations across Penn's 12 schools. Penn has more then200 research centers.

web:http://www.upenn.edu

11. Harvard University

25,690 students

16 schools

14,475 staff members

The range of research activities at Harvard is broad

and deep. Harvard scholars conduct in research in almost

every field, and seek to expand human knowledge through

analysis, innovation, and insight. Research is supported by

more than $750 million of sponsored research funds each year, and it is carried out both in the departments of the thirteen Schools and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and at more than 100 research centers, on campus and around the world. Researchers include faculty members, visiting scholars. post-doctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate students, and they collaborate with colleagues across the University, at affiliated institutions, and at other research institutions.

http://www.harvard.edu

web:http:// harvard.edu

12. Yale University

11,454 students

140 departments

11,813 staff members

167,350 alumni

Yale is one of the worlds great universities.

Yale is one of the best known research universities.

The University contains more then 80 research

centers in different domains.

web: http://www.yale.edu

13. Duke University

13,598 students

10 schools and 8 institutes

16,205 staff members

Throughout the school's history, Duke researchers

have made breakthroughs, including the biomedical

engineering departments development of the world's first

real-time, three-dimensional ultrasound diagnostic system and the first engineered blood vessels. Duke has pioneered studies involving nonlinear dynamics, chaos, and complex systems in physics. In May 2006 Duke researchers mapped the final human chromosome, which made world news as theHuman Genome Projectwas finally complete.

web: http://www.duke.edu

web:http://www.duke.edu

14. University of California:

234,464 students,

18,896 faculties,

189,116 staff members,

over 1,600,000 living alumni.

Has a longtradition of involvement

in many enterprises that are often geographically or

organizationally separate from its general campuses,

including national laboratories, observatories, hospitals,

continuing education programs, hotels, conference

centers,an airport, and an art institute.

This map shows the locations of the ten UC campuses and the national laboratories

associated with UC. A third national laboratory associated

with UC is in Los Alamos, New Mexico .

web:http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/

15. University of Michigan

41,000students

8,791 staff members

The University of Michigan is a global leader in

health, law and public policy, the arts and

humanities, science and technology, and many other academic disciplines. Research is central to the Universitys mission and permeates its schools and colleges. The disciplinary reach of the Universitys research programs is exceptional. Research is conducted within the nineteen academic schools and colleges.

http://vpcomm.umich.edu

16. University of Washington

12, 627 students

16 schools

The University of Washington has received more

than $1 billion in sponsored research funds, a

tribute to the exceptional quality of our diverse and

innovative faculty, students and staff, and the

power of the UW intellectual community.

The UW receives more federal research funding than any other American public university, a ranking held since 1974. In the most recent ranking by China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the UW ranked 16th among the world's top universities.

web:http://www.washington.edu

17. Educational opportunities for belarusiansin USA:

Youth Cultural Opportunity (YCO)

The Youth Cultural Opportunity (YCO) provides an opportunity for Belarusian high school students to experience the United States through a three-week summer program which includes a two-week home-stay with an American family and a one-week cultural orientation in Washington, DC.

Undergraduate Level

The Eurasia Undergraduate Program is conducted through an open competition.

Graduate Level

The Edmund Muskie Fellowship Program is conducted through an open competition.

Faculty Level

Includes the Fulbright Scholar Program and the Summer Study Institutes.

18. References:

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(http://www.prof.msu.ru/publ/conf/conf14.htm

The Top American Research Universities

California Future: It Starts Here. UCs Contribution to Economic Growth, Health and Culture. An Impact Studyfor the University of California. 2000http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/itstartshere/report/fullreport.pdf

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