Organized Research Units and Non-Faculty Researchers in Academic Science: Considerations for Research and Federal Policy

摘要

On October 25 and 26, 1979, a group of 42 people met at the Coolfont Conference Center in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, for a workshop devoted to the role of organized research units (ORU's) and non-faculty research personnel in academic science. The workshop was conducted by the Graduate Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy of George Washington University and sponsored by the Office of Planning and Resources Management of the National Science Foundation. The participants included university administrators and faculty, ORU directors and non-faculty researchers, Federal policymakers from both the executive and legislative branches, and officials of several associations concerned with academic science. The purpose of the workshop was to explore the principle issues related to ORU's and non-faculty researchers and to define agendas for additional studies in this area and for possible Federal policy initiatives. As far as is known, the workshop was the first national meeting devoted exclusively to these subjects. This report presents the results of the Coolfont Workshop to the community concerned with the future of academic science in the United States in the hopes of stimulating both thought and action.