Broader Impacts: Anchor Institutions and their Public Mission
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Broader Impacts:Anchor Institutions and their
Public Mission
Nancy CantorChancellor
Rutgers University – Newark
Broader Impacts Infrastructure SummitArlington, VAApril 16, 2014
Innovation & Opportunity MakingMorrill Act of 1862
STEM Success
PressingChallenges
InnovativePartnerships
BroadeningParticipation
PublicAppreciation
Metro Challenges
The Talent DividendIncreasing four-year college attainment rate in nation’s 51 largest metropolitan areas by 1% = $124B increase in aggregate annual personal income.
The Green DividendReducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per person by one mile per day in 51 largest metro areas = $29B annual household savings.
The Opportunity DividendReducing poverty rates in metropolitan areas by 1% = $13B decrease annually in public sector outlays for family assistance, Medicaid and food stamps.
Collaborative Research Is Becoming More Popular, NSF Report SaysThe National Science Foundation has urged universities that are concerned about securing federal
research dollars in a time of increasing budget pressures to collaborate
Biological Sciences
Engineering
Social,
Behavioral &
Economic SciencesMathematical &
Physical Sciences
Geosciences
Computer & Information Science & Engineering
STEM Opportunities
Newark’s Challenges/Opportunities
Arts & Culture District
Education
Strong Healthy Neighborhoods
Economic Development
Jazz House Kids
GlassrootsSTEM→STEAM
Healthy Aging
Community of Experts
African American Brain Health Initiative partners
African Americans & Alzheimer’s Disease research team
Meadowlands EnvironmentResearch Institute
Palisades Interstate Park Commission
City of Newark
ExxonMobil
Ontash & Ermac
Weston Solutions, Inc.
Newark Museum
Newark Public Schools
Liberty State Park
Dupont
Newark Museum
Liberty Science Center
PSE&G
Tyco Industries
Langan Engineering
GEI Consultants
CitiGroup
ConocoPhillips
Amerada Hess
Earth & Environmental Sciences Partners
Broader Participation
Biologists Dominic Evangelista and Jessica Ware with the subjects of their invasive insect research
Alec Gates mentors budding geologists to perform and present research
Middle schoolers get hands-on experience with an Antarctic undersea robot glider
NSF GK-12 Fellow Andrew Parsikian teaches Newark high schoolers to use sensing equipment to explore
a slave cemetery
Public Support
Knowledge Unearthed
Rutgers program lets young students
search for 1779 graves
New Rutgers research center
will study Parkinson’s disease
Center will link cognitive neuroscientists
with doctors
Mangia! Mangia!
Rutgers researchers find tomatoes help
prevent breast cancer
EncROACHmentJoin Rutgers University roach researchers
as they unravel clues to identify this intruder
Ocean Drones Plumb New Depths
Teams hope to capture the most complete
picture yet of the Atlantic’s many mysterious
underwater movements
Institutional Accountability• How does work involving your institution bring
together the practices of diversity and public scholarship/civic engagement?
• Who is involved and how do they work together?
• Where is this work situated in relation to the core values of your institution?
• What are examples of products or outcomes of this work that have emerged or can be envisioned?
• How is this work supported, rewarded, and shared?
From Sturm, Eatman, Saltmarsh, & Bush 2011Full Participation: Building the Architecture for Diversity and Community Engagement in Higher Education
Institutional Infrastructure