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ASU: Building Arizona’s FutureThe Role of Universities in Knowledge Economies

Dr. Michael M. CrowPresident

Arizona State University

February 15, 2005Monterrey, Mexico

In the emergingeconomy,

universities arebeing forced

to answer thecentral question:

What role douniversities have inmeeting thechallenges of theglobal economy in the21st century?

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Universities are alsoconsidered economic entitiesBegan assisting employers &recognized for localexpenditures

Universities wereautomatically “worthy”

Created thinkers &well-rounded citizens

30 years ago

Universities legitimized asa workforce developerValue of importedout-of-area money

20 years ago 10 years ago

Recent history has seen the university’ssocietal role transform:

Academiessmall, isolated, disengaged European

universitiesguilds

German universities

for industrial development

European experienceAmerican research

universitiesopen, but narrow access,

indirect engagement

Overview

History Functions Challenges Opportunities

New American University Looking toward the Future

Case: Phoenix, Arizona Design Imperatives ASU Exemplar Initiatives

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Currently, as centers of education, knowledge,innovation, talent and business, universities are expected to provide society

with three primary functions:

Globally EngagedNetwork

Platformfor Sustainability

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Entrepreneurship & Spiritof Innovation

Based on communities thatcreate, distribute, andexploit knowledge andinformation for increasingeconomic wealth andimproving quality of lifeHave a shared identity

Function as a single zone fortrade, commerce andcommunicationAre characterized by social,economic, and environmentalinterdependence

These new functions of the university are aimed toward addressingour societal shift back to

city-state structures and the desire to establish knowledgeeconomies

City-State

KnowledgeEconomy

Region composed of one ormore historical, central sitessurrounded by towns andcities which:

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Transformation from Industrialto Information age

Knowledge Economy andKnowledge Society

Rapid Growth and Urbanization

Population Diversity andImmigration

Challenges in Knowledge Economies

Thus, universities arefaced with criticalchallenges while

priming to addresssociety’s needs, which

include:

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World Urbanization Trends: 1950-2030

Example: Urbanization

Roughly 36 cities around theworld, mostly in developingcountries, will each have over 8million inhabitants by 2015

The world’s urban population coulddouble from 2.6 billion in 1995 to5.2 billion in 2025

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While city-states emerge aseconomic and cultural hubs,massive urban-led growth existson national and internationalscales

Universities Provide the Core for the City-State

Cultivate creative capitalGenerate knowledge capitalTrain human capitalBuild social capitalAttract financial capitalPreserve natural capitalProduce spillovers to regionaland national economies

However, universities arethe primary locus of

opportunity to addresschallenges associated

with innovation, economicexpansion, and population

growth for the city-state.They:

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Per capita income (1999) Source: U.S. Census Bureau,Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrix P82

For example, trends indicate that highlyeducated populations and higher universityfunding influence a higher per capitaincome

Overview New American University Looking toward the Future


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Academic Success, Economic Strength

Geographic concentration of highly cited scientistshttp://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/citations/citations_maps.htm

Since its passage, American universitieshave:

Spun off more than 2,200 firms tocommercialize innovations born ofresearch

Created 260,000 jobs in the process

Contributed over $40 billion annually tothe U.S. economy

University leadership in technology transfer

In addition to these statistics,the U.S. Bayh-Dole Act

spurred university/industryinteraction by allowing

universities to retain titles totheir inventions createdunder federally funded

initiatives



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More specifically, theU.S. Small Business

Administration highlightsthat university R&D

expenditures directlycontribute to regional

economic growth:

Source: “The Influence of R&D Expenditures on New Firm Formation and Economic Growth,”a research report for the Office of Economic Research, Office of Advocacy, SBA

Regional Economic Impacts ofUniversity Research and Development (R&D)

Spillover effects in and around universitiesdirectly proportional to the amount of fundscontributed to the university

Birth of new business firms

Secondary effects of the employmentgrowth generated by those new firms



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PrivateInvestment

ScienceResearch

TechnologicalAdvance

ProductivityGrowth Economi

cGrowth

JobGrowth

NewCompanies

NewIndustries

PublicInvestment

Science,Technology &

Economic Growth

These trends illustrate thatpublic and private investment inuniversities marks a cyclicalprocess of innovation andeconomic growth in city-stateand university partnerships



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The future will belong tothose regions that havestrong knowledge-basedeconomies, built on the

success of their universitiesas knowledge producers

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Arizona State UniversityBuilding a leading comprehensivemetropolitan research university

5th largest U.S. city

2nd fastest growing state in U.S.

$140 billion economy, 5th largest innation

4th largest U.S. university

Projected 90,000 students on fourcampuses by 2020

$130 million in research activity

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Phoenix, ArizonaExemplifying the numerous rapidlyurbanizing regions across the globe

ASU, guided by the New American University model, isgeared toward facing these challenges and launching

Arizona to participate in the “knowledge economy”

Academic Enterprise

Leveraging Place

Intellectual Fusion

Focus on theIndividual

Use-InspiredResearch

SocialEmbeddedness

Global Engagement

TransformingSociety

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History Challenges Functions Opportunities



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New AmericanUniversity

Design Imperatives

Leveraging Place

Transforming Society

Academic Enterprise

Use-Inspired Research

Focus on theIndividual

Intellectual Fusion

Social Embeddedness

Global Engagement

Entrepreneurship& Spirit of Innovation Platform for Sustainability Globally Engaged Network

The design imperatives address thesocietal functions of the university

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Initiatives:

ASU Technopolis Arizona Technology Enterprises

(AzTE) Virginia G. Piper Center for

Creative Writing

Design Imperative:ASU as Entrepreneur


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Exemplar Initiative:

Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE)

Overview



Design Imperatives Case: Phoenix, Arizona ASU Exemplar Initiatives


Design Imperative:ASU as entrepreneur

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ASU’s technology venturing enterprise

ASU is currently the state’s leadingtechnology-transfer enterprise

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Initiatives:

ASU-US Army Flexible Display Center Consortium for Science, Policy and

Outcomes Homeland Security Initiatives

Design Imperative:Use-Inspired Research

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ASU-US Army Flexible Display Center

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Design Imperative:Use-Inspired Research

$43 million federal grant, the largest in theuniversity’s history

Catalyst for a potential multi-billion dollarindustry

Magnet for the evolution of the ASUResearch Park

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Initiatives:

International Institute for Sustainability (IIS)– Consortium for the Study of Rapidly

Urbanizing Regions– Greater Phoenix 2100 Project– Decision Center for a Desert City– Decision Theater for the New Arizona

Design Imperative:Leveraging Place

Platform forSustainability

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Design Imperative:Leveraging Place


Decision Theater for the New Arizona


$3 million gift from Ira A. Fulton New facility for the presentation of immersive,

3D scientific visualization 270-degree screen for “what if" analysis and

modeling

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Initiatives:

Center for Research on Education inScience, Mathematics, Engineering andtechnology (CRESMET)

ASU in Your Community

Design Imperative:Transforming Society


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Center for Research on Education inScience, Mathematics, Engineering, andtechnology (CRESMET)

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Design Imperative:Transforming Society

$20 million - federal, state, and industry grantfunding

Promotes excellence in K-20 science, math,engineering, and technology-based educationpolicies


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Initiatives:

Polytechnic Campus at ASU Barrett Honors College Student Programs

– Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative– Tech Venture Clinic– W.P. Carey School of Business– Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering

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Design Imperative:Focus on theIndividual


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Design Imperative:Focus on theIndividualExemplar Initiative:

Polytechnic Campus at ASU


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Emphasis on experienced-based learning andapplications-based problem solving

$27.5 million in new classroom and researchspace added

30% enrollment increase for four consecutiveyears

Initiatives:

ASU Scottsdale Center for NewTechnology and Innovation

Downtown Phoenix Campus University Public Schools project Stardust Center for Affordable

Homes and Family

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Design Imperative:Social Embeddedness


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Mixed use: Education, arts, research, business,housing

Great design that creates interactivity 24/7 environment Community engagement Clear theme(s) Strong builder-developer partner Niche and general marketing


ASU Scottsdale Center for NewTechnology and Innovation

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Design Imperative:Social Embeddedness


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Initiatives:

The Biodesign Institute Institute for Computer and Information

Science and Engineering (INCISE)

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Design Imperative:Intellectual Fusion

GloballyEngagedNetwork

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Design Imperative:Intellectual Fusion


The Biodesign InstituteGloballyEngagedNetwork

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Sponsors and Centers include: TGen, Mayo Clinic, Barrows, Private Sector Applied NanoBioscience BioOptical Nanotechnology Evolutionary Functional Genomics Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Neural Interface Design Protein and Peptide Therapeutics Rehabilitation Neuroscience and

Engineering

Initiatives:

Enhanced Partnerships with Mexicoand rest of the world- Executive MBA with ITAM Mexico

and the People’s Republic ofChina

CONACYT Fellowship program

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Design Imperative:Global Engagement

GlobalEngagedNetwork

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Executive MBA with ITAM Mexico and China

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Design Imperative:Global Engagement

GlobalEngagedNetwork

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Executive MBA with ITAM, Mexico Executive MBA program for top Mexican business leaders Focus on emerging international business climateW.P. Carey MBA Beijing & MBA Shanghai Executive MBA program for top Chinese business leaders Partnership with the Chinese government, Shanghai

National Accounting Institute, Tsing Hua University, andMotorola

While ASU movesalong its 10-year

transformation intothe “New American

University,” it iscommitted to:

Becoming a catalyst forentrepreneurship andinnovation

Creating a platform forsustainability

Promoting a globally engagednetwork

Looking Toward the Future

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Assure that new technologies willbe adopted in the marketplace

Spin off and nurture newenterprises

Design structures that will facilitatescientific and industrialadvancement

Avoid replication

In order foruniversities to

be catalysts ofentrepreneurship

and innovation,they must:

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Conduct proprietary Researchand Development

Create designs that enableflexibility and change(interdisciplinary and school-centrism)

Foster regional competencies tosecure global competitiveness

Maintain and enhance linkagesbetween science, technology andhumanism

Universities mustalso position

themselves tobecome platformsfor sustainability:

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The pooling of resources by Asianand European universities hasresulted in better societal andeconomic engagement with loweroverall transaction costs

Thus, in North America we shouldfocus on partnership buildingbetween universities in Mexico,Canada, and the United States

We can then use these partnershipsto develop strategic clusters whereresearch, technology, andknowledge are fostered

Finally, universitiesmust be committed to

ensuring a globallyengaged network:

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However, each universityand region is unique

and will need to developits own methods for

improvement byconsidering these

strategies:

Focus by area (urban, regional,national, international)

Determine the desired niche of eachuniversity and avoid replication

Develop a unified, interdisciplinaryapproach to support all universitiesand surrounding communities

Build partnerships to pool resourcesand create regional clusters ofinnovation

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Tec de Monterrey isimplementing these

strategies to addressthe functions of the

21st century universityas it launches its

“Mission for 2015”

This new mission highlights a turningpoint for Tec de Monterrey as apartnership builder with cities inMexico and Latin America.

Monterrey is just one example whereacademic and business communitiesare closely integrated and workingtoward entrepreneurship andinnovation, sustainability, and aglobally engaged network.

Thus, Tec de Monterrey is pacingitself to become a local, regional andglobal leader in promoting the rolesof the universities in the new, globaleconomy.

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ASU: Building Arizona’s FutureThe Role of Universities in Knowledge Economies

Dr. Michael M. CrowPresident

Arizona State Universitywww.asu.edu

February 15, 2005Monterrey Mexico

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ASU: Building Arizona’s Future - Arizona State University€¦ · City-State Knowledge Economy Region composed of one or more historical, central sites surrounded by towns and cities