. 2018 Dec 11:7:1926.

doi: 10.12688/f1000research.17425.1. eCollection 2018.

The principles of tomorrow's university

Daniel S Katz^{1

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6}, Lorena A Barba⁷, Devin R Berg⁸, Holly Bik⁹, Carl Boettiger¹⁰, Christine L Borgman¹¹, C Titus Brown¹², Stuart Buck¹³, Randy Burd¹⁴, Anita de Waard¹⁵, Martin Paul Eve¹⁶, Brian E Granger¹⁷, Josh Greenberg¹⁸, Adina Howe¹⁹, Bill Howe²⁰, May Khanna^{21

22}, Timothy L Killeen²³, Matthew Mayernik²⁴, Erin McKiernan²⁵, Chris Mentzel²⁶, Nirav Merchant²⁷, Kyle E Niemeyer²⁸, Laura Noren²⁹, Sarah M Nusser¹⁹, Daniel A Reed³⁰, Edward Seidel²³, MacKenzie Smith³¹, Jeffrey R Spies³², Matt Turk⁴, John D Van Horn³³, Jay Walsh³⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
² Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
³ National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
⁴ School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
⁵ Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
⁶ College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
⁷ George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁸ Engineering and Technology Department, University of Wisconsin, Stout, Menomonie, WI, USA.
⁹ Department of Nematology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
¹¹ University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹² School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
¹³ Laura and John Arnold Foundation, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁴ Long Island University, Brookville, NY, USA.
¹⁵ Elsevier Research Products, Jericho, VT, USA.
¹⁶ Birkbeck University of London, London, UK.
¹⁷ California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA.
¹⁸ Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁹ Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
²⁰ University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
²¹ Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
²² Center for Innovation in Brain Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
²³ University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
²⁴ National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA.
²⁵ Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
²⁶ Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
²⁷ UA Data Science Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
²⁸ School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
²⁹ Obsidian Security, Newport Beach, CA, USA.
³⁰ University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
³¹ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
³² 221B, Columbus, OH, USA.
³³ USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³⁴ Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.

PMID: 30687499
PMCID: PMC6338243
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.17425.1

The principles of tomorrow's university

Daniel S Katz et al. F1000Res. 2018.

. 2018 Dec 11:7:1926.

doi: 10.12688/f1000research.17425.1. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
² Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
³ National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
⁴ School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
⁵ Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
⁶ College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
⁷ George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁸ Engineering and Technology Department, University of Wisconsin, Stout, Menomonie, WI, USA.
⁹ Department of Nematology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
¹¹ University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹² School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
¹³ Laura and John Arnold Foundation, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁴ Long Island University, Brookville, NY, USA.
¹⁵ Elsevier Research Products, Jericho, VT, USA.
¹⁶ Birkbeck University of London, London, UK.
¹⁷ California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA.
¹⁸ Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁹ Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
²⁰ University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA.
²¹ Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
²² Center for Innovation in Brain Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
²³ University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
²⁴ National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA.
²⁵ Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
²⁶ Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
²⁷ UA Data Science Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
²⁸ School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
²⁹ Obsidian Security, Newport Beach, CA, USA.
³⁰ University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
³¹ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
³² 221B, Columbus, OH, USA.
³³ USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³⁴ Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.

PMID: 30687499
PMCID: PMC6338243
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.17425.1

Abstract

In the 21st Century, research is increasingly data- and computation-driven. Researchers, funders, and the larger community today emphasize the traits of openness and reproducibility. In March 2017, 13 mostly early-career research leaders who are building their careers around these traits came together with ten university leaders (presidents, vice presidents, and vice provosts), representatives from four funding agencies, and eleven organizers and other stakeholders in an NIH- and NSF-funded one-day, invitation-only workshop titled "Imagining Tomorrow's University." Workshop attendees were charged with launching a new dialog around open research - the current status, opportunities for advancement, and challenges that limit sharing. The workshop examined how the internet-enabled research world has changed, and how universities need to change to adapt commensurately, aiming to understand how universities can and should make themselves competitive and attract the best students, staff, and faculty in this new world. During the workshop, the participants re-imagined scholarship, education, and institutions for an open, networked era, to uncover new opportunities for universities to create value and serve society. They expressed the results of these deliberations as a set of 22 principles of tomorrow's university across six areas: credit and attribution, communities, outreach and engagement, education, preservation and reproducibility, and technologies. Activities that follow on from workshop results take one of three forms. First, since the workshop, a number of workshop authors have further developed and published their white papers to make their reflections and recommendations more concrete. These authors are also conducting efforts to implement these ideas, and to make changes in the university system. Second, we plan to organise a follow-up workshop that focuses on how these principles could be implemented. Third, we believe that the outcomes of this workshop support and are connected with recent theoretical work on the position and future of open knowledge institutions.

Keywords: academia; credit; data science; education; open scholarship; open science; reproducibility.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: DSK, LAB, and KEN are associate editors-in-chief for the Journal of Open Source Software. MPE is CEO of the Open Library of Humanities, a not-for-profit publisher of scholarly material.

Figures

**Figure 1.. Increase in data- and computation-driven research (1 = minimal change – 5 = substantial change).**

**Figure 2.. Importance of sharing and reproducibility (1 = not important – 5 = very important).**

**Figure 3.. Investment in integrating open science (1 = minimal – 5 = substantial)**

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