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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Ralph Cicerone: The Value of Research in Higher Education [Watch (HLS stream): Ralph Cicerone: The Value of Research in Higher Education](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jqBxey7X.m3u8) (5:11)  _Published 2013-09-20. The President Emeritus of the University of Michigan welcomes participants of TIME's Summit on Higher Education_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:46 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [The Challenges of Basic Research in Higher Education](/video/jhrUlLZX/) ### The Challenges of Basic Research in Higher Education [Nancy Gibbs Kicks off the TIME Summit on Higher Education](/video/g4pXViBA/) ### Nancy Gibbs Kicks off the TIME Summit on Higher Education [All Hands on Deck for Higher Education](/video/EOYG5qkm/) ### All Hands on Deck for Higher Education --- ## Transcript Thank you Nancy and for your leadership, and for leading the Times Summit. I am Ralph Cicero, the President of the National Academy of Sciences, I also am one of the trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and on behalf of my colleagues, the trustees, and our president, Varkan Gregorian. And also, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation were co- sponsors of this event. I have the honor of welcoming all of our colleagues here this morning. Let me just say that 2013 is a special year for the National Academy of Sciences. It's, it's our 150th anniversary since its creation and charter. Now if you do the arithematic that takes you back to the middle of the Civil War 1863. And it's, it's a puzzle, although we can see some of the reasons why the academy was founded in the middle of the Civil War. Under President Lincoln, during a very, very rough time for this country. But the academy was created to be a body outside the government, and to be in a position to be a resource to the government on all matters of science and technology. And to provide as much independent and objective advice as necessary. Today the academy continues to function independently outside the US government. And it's a self- perpetuating organization so that new members are elected by existing members and its quite a fierce. A selective process. In fact, I think it's probably more selective than any such national science academy in the world. Any other one. We have a little over 2, 000 members, and interestingly, something like 24 % of our members who are natural, are naturalized citizens who were born in other countries. So just for the fun of it, I checked the comparable statistic for Nobel Prize winners in the United States, and it's 24 percent. That is of the Nobel Prize winners in the United States now in the Sciences, 24 percent of them were born overseas, and have become naturalized citizens. Now, Lincoln's founding of the academy, along with the establishment of the land grant public universities, through the Morrill Act of 1862. Also during the center of that brutal civil war, I think set the stage for an age of discovery and innovation. To accelerate the, the development of this entire country in the following hundred years, when investments and basic research triggered all the breakthroughs that made the United States the most prosperous nation in the world. Many of these breakthroughs. Were eureka moments, that occurred within the laboratories of America's Universities and in research carried out by people who had come through those Universities. In fact, the continued vibrancy of our universities is reflected in the makeup of the National Academy of Sciences. Of our members, including our foreign associates, over 80 % of them are affiliated with universities in the United States. But while our universities are still home to some of the world's most distinguished researchers, we know from first hand reports, from our members and many other scientists, that these Universities are under pressure. And face great challenges, which is i think why we are gathered here today. The National Academy of Sciences, and our partner organization, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and our national research council. All outside the government, have been at the forefront of efforts in recent years. To sound an alarm about the risks facing US Universities especially in the light of raise raising, rising global competitiveness, and competition, what's become known as the gathering storm led by Norm Augustine from whom you heard a little last night. But we are not just identifying problems. We are also trying to propose solutions that, we hope, will lead to actions to maintain the greatness of our universities and thus, the greatness of our economy and our country. You will hear more about these proposals in the opening session this morning from Chad Holiday and Jim Deuderstadt. Two of our esteemed colleagues who are coming close to working as tirelessly as Norm Augustine has in, in, in his work. So as we discuss and pursue these goals and actions, I hope that all of us can live up to President Lincoln's legacy of seeking and communicating new knowledge for brightest moment. And invite us tomorrow, I should say. Even in the toughest of times, so I'm looking forward to today's presentations and discussions and thank you for the opportunity to be here. 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