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Universities and Avalanches

机译：大学和雪崩

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Authors of correspondence items in this journal, sometimes, raise the flag of concern on issues that appear to be important. A recent letter that crossed my desk drew attention to errors in the classification of 'institutional members' of Current Science, a growing group of permanent subscribers who provide this journal with some measure of financial stability. An 'open access', not-for-profit journal like Current Science, which does not charge authors a publication fee, must necessarily develop alternative strategies for raising resources in order to maintain regular production. Institutional members are one important component in ensuring that income and expenditure are matched, year after year. The correspondent lauded this initiative, but seemeddisturbed by the classification of some member institutions as 'universities'; his ire directed (probably justifiably so) at 'deemed universities', a status conferred by the University Grants Commission on institutions that are not created as 'Universities' by Acts of Parliament or State Legislatures. My editors' instincts might have allowed this to pass if it had not been for an emphatic assertion that seemed uncomfortably aimed: 'One would not call Indian Institute of Science a University!' (Murugesan, T., this issue, p. 1466). Having spent my entire professional career at this institution (also the birthplace of this journal; see Current Science, 2007, 92, 5) the barb struck close to home. How does one classify the Indian Institute of Science (IISc)? Is it a national research laboratory or is it an academic institution like other universities? What, indeed, is a university - deemed or otherwise? To understand IISc's origins and evolution going back into the past is necessary. History has many lessons if one cares to learn them, although the quickening pace of modern life may allow little time for the luxuries of reflection.
机译：有时，本期刊中通讯项目的作者对似乎很重要的问题引起关注。横过我办公桌的最近一封信提请注意Current Science的“机构成员”分类中的错误，该群体的数量不断增长，他们为该期刊提供了一定程度的财务稳定性。像Current Science这样的“开放获取”非营利性期刊不向作者收取出版费，它必须制定替代策略来筹集资源以维持正常生产。机构成员是确保收入和支出年复一年匹配的重要组成部分。记者称赞这一倡议，但似乎被某些成员机构归类为“大学”而感到不安。他的怒火直指（可能是有道理）于“认定的大学”，大学教育资助委员会授予这种地位的机构并非由国会法令或州立法机构建立为“大学”。我的编辑们的直觉本来可以使这件事成为现实，如果不是因为这样的强调目标似乎令人讨厌，那就是：“不会把印度科学学院称为大学！” （Murugesan，T.，第1466页）。在我的整个职业生涯中都在这家机构度过（也是本杂志的发源地;参见Current Science，2007，92，5），倒钩触手可及。如何对印度科学院（IISc）进行分类？它是国家研究实验室还是像其他大学一样的学术机构？大学究竟被认为是什么？要了解IISc的起源和发展，可以追溯到过去。如果人们想学习历史，历史上有许多教训，尽管现代生活的步伐加快可能使人们很少有时间沉浸在奢侈的反思中。

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