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THE MIT LEWIS SURVEY: CREATING A BLUEPRINT FOR A COLD WAR TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, 1947-1949

机译:MIT LEWIS调查:1947-1949的冷战技术大学创造了一个蓝图

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Amidst the structural changes and the "reengineering" of higher education, historical perspective can provide us with a vantage point from which to reflect upon the many changes we are seeing today. In my talk, I approach this opportunity through a study of MIT's Committee on Educational Survey, or the "Lewis Survey," whose 1949 report is regarded by many as the Cold War "blueprint" for MIT. Rooted in conversations that originated within our society, MIT faculty members embraced the notion of a broader and more fundamental approach to engineering education, even as they grappled with MIT's unique wartime experience. Without question, the MIT administration, beginning with Karl Compton and James Killian, played a key role in MIT's postwar transformation. Yet it was the Lewis Survey that transformed MIT's organizational structure through its "Four School Plan," began the work of redefining the role of the faculty at a "technological university," and most importantly built a consensus among the faculty for a way forward. This paper looks closely at the intense efforts of the Lewis' committee - its members met no less than 119 times over the course of three years - and how their views evolved in conversation with the MIT administration. Especially amidst present-day concerns about the erosion of shared governance at many U.S. colleges and universities, a historical study of the Lewis Survey provides one window into the advantages and limitations of a collaborative approach towards transformation.
机译:在高等教育的结构变化和“再造”,历史观点可以为我们提供一个有利的角度,从中反思我们今天看到的许多变化。在我的谈话中,我通过对MIT委员会的教育调查委员会或“刘易斯调查”的研究来接近这个机会,其1949年报告被许多人作为麻省理工学院的冷战“蓝图”。麻省理工学院教职员们植根于源于社会的谈话中,即使他们抓住了麻省理工学院的独特战争经历,MIT教师均涉及更广泛和更基本的工程教育方法的概念。毫无疑问,麻省理工学院管理局从卡尔·康普顿和詹姆斯基吉斯开始,在麻省理工学院的战后转型中发挥了关键作用。然而,刘易斯调查通过其“四学校计划”改变了麻省理工学院的组织结构,开始了重新定义了重新定义了“技术大学”的作用的工作,最重要的是在前进方向的教师之间建立共识。本文仔细研究了刘易斯委员会的激烈努力 - 其成员在三年内遇到了不少于119倍 - 以及他们与麻省理工学院管理局的对话中的看法如何发展。特别是在当天对许多美国和大学的共同治理侵蚀的担忧,对刘易斯调查的历史研究提供了一个窗口进入了转化的合作方法的优势和局限。

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