In the mid-19th century, Oxford clergyman John Henry Newman, delivered five lectures that were published in 1852 as a book, The Idea of a University. I love that title and concept the idea of a university. To this day, that book defines and informs our notion of what a university is and should be. Many people have observed that research is a public trust and fundamental to a successful university. And an important component of our mission at NYIT is to support and encourage our faculty s research research that is practical and applications-oriented, research that enhances the quality of life in our community and the world in general.
Research is to teaching as sin is to confession.
If you don t participate in the former, you have very little to say in the latter. It supercharges our ability to create and challenges our capacity for managing. Just 10 years ago, the Internet for most practical purposes had yet to be born. For all the science and technology of the 20th century, though, today we are no smarter nor do we really have more answers than previous generations. The advances in the physical and life sciences have not yet given us a grand theory.