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Research: more than just hard science
By Carrie Dennett
ErrmrakJ Associate EcMor
Million research, anil most
people think of test tubes and
white lub coats. This picture,
however, doesn't account for
the broad spectrum going on
daily at the University.
"There's research going on in
every comer of the University,"
said )ohn Moseley, University
vice president for research.
All this research brings in big
money too In re
search awards brought about
S in 5 million to the University
19.3 percent of the Universi
ty's total Income
And no, the bulk of this mon
ey doesn't come from the "hard
sciences ” In 1989-90, the en
tire College of Arls and Sci
ences. which comprises the sci
ences as well as arls and letters,
brought $19 5 million in re
se.in h awards However, the
College ol l.dui iilion, which is
considerably smaller, brought
in Sit) 5 million
"The largest single entity (lor
rescan h awards) used to he the
Institute for MoIih ular Biology,
which is still very large in
terms of grant funds," Moseley
said, "hut now it's the Center
(or Human Development,
which is in special education "
The amount of research
awards has grown over the
years, with this year's total ex
pel led to reach Sell) million,
twice the 1983-84 total, he said
And while the money keeps
coming, so does the prestige
The November 199(1 issue ol
.SVlell! e Walch magazine cites
the University as producing re
search papers that have as
much or more influonce than
papers from the country * most
prestigious institutions
The article ranked the Uni
versity Itllh in the biological
sciences and 25lh in iho physi
cal sciences, busod on the its
"citation Impact" the aver
age number of times each pub
lished paper was cited in other
scientific publications
The University hud a citation
mip.icl of 4.58 in the biological
sciences, compared with 3 91
for Johns Hopkins, 4.11 for
Washington und 4.54 for Yale
The highest was Rockefeller
University, with a citation lin
pu< t of 7.96.
Oregon scored a 2 48 in the
physical sciences, with top
honors going to the University
of California ut Santa Cruz,
with a citation impact of 4.56.
Only 15 schools appeared in
both top 25 lists, including two
"surprises" — Oregon and San
ta Cruz.
"While fielding only a frac
tion of the papers of most of the
other 13. UCSC and the Univer
sity of Oregon produced papers
that really counted." the article
said "That the two appear on
both lists reflects excellence In
research across a wide range of
fields."
The University is clearly
making it's mark in the world
University Research $$: the Comings and Goings
Total 1990-91 UO Income $199,511,594
Total 1990-91 Rmareh Award*: $39,454,502 (19.3% ol total incoma)
Research Award Rad plants1990-91
College of Arts and Sciences 56.1%
Sciences 50 2%
Social Sciences, Humanities 4%
Other Arts and Sciences 1 9%
College of Education 27.1%
Cross-collegial Research Centers
and Institutes 10.3%
Other Schools and Colleges 4.6%
Other Institutional Units 1.9%
Research Award Sources1990-91
Deportment of Education 27.2%
Department of Health and
Human Servicea 25%
National Science Foundation 15.1%
Department of Commerce 5.9%
Department of Energy 5%
Private Foundation* 3.9%
Corporations 3.7%
Department of Defense 3.6%
Other Federal 3.1%
Other Private 2%
Other Public 0.5%
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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
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first in a senes
of research. but with so many
faculty trying to successfully
compute for grants and com
plete their research, some peo
ple have criticized that teach
ing has been given u low priori
ty status
Thu University is one of 150
comprehensive research uni
versities in the country. These
schools have both undergradu
ate and graduate programs, and
a substantial portion of the fac
ulty have research responsibili
ties in addition to their teach
ing load
Moseley said these schools,
which make up the top rank of
all higher education institu
tions. are thought to provide
the hlghust quality and most
up-to-date education.
"In order to do lluit, you've
got to have faculty members
who are really operating at the
cutting edge of knowledge." he
said "We don't know every
thing — knowledge is not stat
ic.
“When faculty members par
ticipate in the development of
new knowledge, they should be
better teachers." Moseley said
"It doesn’t always work that
way. but it certainly doesn't
work in reverse ”
Moseley said the administra
tion has for some time under
stood the need to relate re
search to teaching but is now
Iwing more explicit about it.
Moseley said a number of
programs that are being funded
out of the University's Strategic
Plan are meant to strengthen
the tie between teaching and re
search. For example, the
19‘t2-ft7 Strategic Plan calls for
developing the Oregon Model:
high-quality undergraduate ed
ucation in a comprehensive re
search university. The model
would increase the involve
ment of undergraduate students
in faculty research
Moseley said reseurch is es
pecially important in graduate
education, because most gradu
ate programs can’t exist with
out research
"A graduate education is de
signed to teach the student how
to develop new knowledge," he
saut "Not just how to use exist
ing knowledge and apply it, but
how to contribute to the devel
opment of new knowledge."
The Strategic Plan credits
strong reseurch and graduate
programs with attracting lead
ing faculty members At the
same time, outstanding gradu
ate students come to study with
experts in their fields, which in
turn improves the quality of
undergraduate classes taught by
graduate teaching fellows.
"We compete for faculty with
the top universities in the
country," Moseley said, adding
that (his is not quite us true
with students.
"Wo can’t say. on avorago.
that our sludonts are the same
quality as those at Berkeley,"
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