A S C I E N T I F I C F O R- P R O F I T U N I V E R S I T Y

ST. JOHNLAND UNIVERSITY

LOCATION

Intended to be located on the grounds of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center on Long Island NY.

The facility closed in 1996 and is currently state-own land.

156 acres which sits majestically on the Nissequogue River (click on map for higher-resolution)

(Kings Park Psychiatric Center, n.d.)

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

• The Kings Park Lunatic Asylum was established in 1885 on more than 800 acres.• A self-sufficient farm community “The Society of

St. Johnland” was established, providing work for thousands of staff members and nurses. • The name was changed in 1895 to Kings Park

State Hospital • In 1900, the hospital housed 2,697 patients and

454 staff members

(Kings Park Psychiatric Center , n.d.)

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

• In the 50s, pharmaceutical company Smith, Kline, & French began marketing Thorazine directly through the state governments to the hospitals. • People who used to need constant supervision in a

hospital setting were now able to lead more normal lives.

• Eventually, with very few patients left living in the buildings, Kings Park began closing down in the 1970s, until no one was left in 1996. • Since 1996, several proposals have been made as

to what to do with the land (Kantor, 1999).

• No Decision has yet been made

(Kings Park Psychiatric Center , n.d.)

MISSION

• St. Johnland University is committed to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and innovation by enabling a first-class experience for students through engagement with the university’s entrepreneurial spirit and support of creativity, and by earning income primarily from nongovernment sources. (adapted from Galbraith, 2010).

“There is no metric in higher education comparable to money in business, and no goal comparable to ‘profits’”

(Birnbaum, 2004, p. 11)

EARNING INCOME FROM NONGOVERNMENT SOURCES

• St. Johnland is a break from traditional universities.• The University is mapping a new model for

sustaining, and even expanding, offerings in subjects like Optics and Photonics and applied Mathematics (Parry, 2010).

• The University generates its operating income from the products of faculty scholarship. • While the faculty retains credit for the invention of a

collegial product, the university retains ownership of the product.

WHY FOR-PROFIT?

• A university focused on Scholarship and Academic Freedom

• Faculty are free to pursue any scientific arena to uncover solutions to scientific problems (Donoghue, 2009).

• These “solutions” translate into patents, inventions, and Intellectual property for the university.

• Patents, inventions, and Intellectual property turn into revenue for the university

• The university will generate its operating costs based upon the revenue generated by scholarship of its faculty and students.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

• The university’s organizational chart illustrates authority, hierarchy, delegation, and decentralization.

• The chart provides a picture of the reporting structure (who reports to whom) and the various activities that are carried out by different departments and individuals (Bateman & Snell, 2009)

• St. Johnland University is a dualistic bureaucratic system (Bateman & Snell, 2009).

• Instead of having a single line of authority, the president draws from each functional area; Institutional and Academic

• The organizational chart the dualistic structure originates at the highest level and continues throughout the university.

Board of Trustees

University President

Provost Academic Vice -President

University Library

Alumni Affairs and Development

Office of Academic Strategies

Vice-President of Academic Affairs

Dean of Biomedical Sciences

Dean of Optics and Photonics

Director of Applied

Mathematics

Dean of Information

Systems and Technology

Dean of Engineering

Institutional Vice-President

Office of Dispute Management

Office of Human Resource

Management

Office of Patents, Invention, & Intellectual

Property

Office of Research and Development

Office of Instuctional

Materials and Technologies

Office of Student Affairs

Office of Marketing and

Public Relations

Office of Lobbying and Government

Relations

Accounting ansd Purchasing

Admissions and Financial Aid

Office of Ombuds Services

PROGRAMS AND CURRICULUM

• Four Colleges• College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL, 2010).

• Traditionally College of Physics• Also the home of Applied Mathematics

• College of Biomedical Sciences• College of Engineering• College of Information Systems and Technology• Traditionally College of Computer Science

The Primary responsibility for the curriculum is the authority of the faculty (Birnbaum, 1988).

COLLEGE OF OPTICS AND PHOTONICS

• Optics and photonics is the science and technology of light: lasers, LEDs, LCDs, optical fibers, and imaging systems for applications in industry and medicine (CREOL, 2010).

• Programs in Lasers, Fiber Optics, Nonlinear& Quantum Optics, and Semiconductor& Integrated Optics (CREOL, 2010).

• Course examples: Introduction to Photonics, Optical Waves and Materials, Optical Fiber Communication Systems (CREOL, 2010).

• Potential Patents in Telecom, Computing, Security, Industrial, Medical, Biology (CREOL, 2010).

APPLIED MATHEMATICS

• Applied Mathematics is intended to provide a broad base in applied and industrial mathematics (Department of Mathematics , 2010).

• Program in Industrial Mathematics, Mathematical Science (Department of Mathematics , 2010).

• Course examples: Topics in Advanced Calculus, Measure and Probability, Complex Analysis, Optimization Theory(Department of Mathematics , 2010).

• Potential Patents in high-technology industries, Nanoscience (Department of Mathematics , 2010).

COLLEGE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

• Excellence in genetics or stem cell research, and neuroscience, cancer biology, and immunology, or be part of the discovery science that advances knowledge and fuels the pipeline for breakthrough treatments (Office of Graduate Studies, 2011)

• Program Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Human Genetics & Genomics, Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Neuroscience (Office of Graduate Studies, 2011)

• Course examples: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Cardiovascular Biology (Office of Graduate Studies, 2011)

• Potential Patents in Plant Population Dynamics, Human Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biophysics, Molecular Medicine, Neuroscience, Stem Cell/Regenerative Medicine, Structural Biology, Virology (Office of Graduate Studies, 2011)

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

• Premier resource in Industrial Engineering• (Department of Engineering, 2010).

• Program in Space Systems Design and Engineering, and Thermofluid Aerodynamic Systems Design and Engineering (Department of Engineering, 2010).

• Course examples: Civil, Environmental, & Construction Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (Department of Engineering, 2010).

• Potential Patents in Advanced Transportation Systems, Stormwater Management, Power Electronics, Advanced Turbines (Department of Engineering, 2010).

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Premier resource in Information Systems and Technology (College of Information Systems 2010).

• Program in Multimedia and Visual Communication, Software Engineering, Networking and Telecommunications, Business Systems, Database Administration, Information Systems Security, Web Development (College of Information Systems 2010).

• Course examples: Application Implementation, Programming, Engineering & Computer Science (College of Information Systems 2010).

• Potential Patents in programming, database design, network architecture and administration, Web technologies and application development, implementation and maintenance (College of Information Systems 2010).

FACULTY

• Faculty will exercise primary control over the curriculum (Birnbaum, 1988).

• Faculty will be hired on the consensus of a hiring committee based on the boards authorization to hire additional faculty (College Board of Trustees, 2011)

• Research is based primarily on the activities of individual faculty members• The source of research funding will be the responsibility

of the university

FACILITIES

• St. Johnland plans to propose to the state government that it should restore the level of state support for higher education to its highest levels, using a combination of direct appropriations of land and facilities, and tax credits in order to establish the university (Hardi, 2000).

• St Johnland also proposes to make land and property improvements to grounds that have been contaminated from prior use as a State Hospital facility (Hardesty, 2006).

• The University will benefit the community's way of life and the economic well being (Hardesty, 2006).

STUDENT SERVICES

• The typical student at St. Johnland is brilliant, creative, and entrepreneurial. They are the next generational innovators and inventors.

• Student Affairs will focus on a close-supervision approach; that is, a parental or guidance counselor approach with students, while also focusing on a customer service and student development (Hirt, 2007).

• Student affairs will additionally focus on student engagement and retention (Hirt, 2007).

• St. Johnland believes an engaged student is a productive student.

FINANCE

• Funds to cover operating expenses will come from a variety of sources:• Student tuition• Financial Aid• Patent revenue• Faculty engagements• Product Invention

REFERENCES

Bateman, T.S. & Snell, S.A. (2009). Management: Leading and Collaborating in the Competitive World (8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill

Birnbaum, R. (1988) How colleges work: The cybernetics of academic organization and leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Cantor, M. (1999, April 30). Smart growth a wise move for land use. Long Island Business News. 46(18). Retrieved from EBSCOHost

College Board of Trustees and University - Structure and Composition, Governance, Authority, Responsibilities, Board Committees (2011) Education State University. Retrieved from http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1793/Board-Trustees-College-University.html

College of Engineering (2010) University of Central Florida. Retrieved from http://www.cecs.ucf.edu/research/

College of Information Systems and Technology (2010) University of Phoenix. Retrieved from http://www.phoenix.edu/colleges_divisions/technology.html

CREOL - The College of Optics & Photonics at the University of Central Florida (2010) University of Central Florida. Retrieved from http://www.creol.ucf.edu/

REFERENCES

Department of Mathematics Admission (2010) University of Central Florida. Retrieved from http://www.math.ucf.edu/admit.shtml

Donoghue, F. (2009, Fall). Why academic freedom doesn’t matter. South Atlantic Quarterly. 108(8). Retrieved from EBSCOHost

Galbraith, G. (2010, December 16). Creating the Entrepreneurial University. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Creating-the-Entrepreneurial/125730/

Hardesty, D.W. (2006). Interview with president of Kings Park Neighbors' Association. Long Island Business News. Retrieved from EBSCOHost

Hardi, J. (2000, March 31). Land-Grant Presidents Call for New 'Covenant' With State and U.S. Governments. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Land-Grant-Presidents-Call-for/21412/

Hirt, J.B. (2007). The student affairs profession in the academic marketplace. NASPA Journal. 44(2). Retrieved from EBSCOHost

Kings Park Psychiatric Center - A Documentation (n.d.). Retrieved from http://s.albalux.com/webpage/

Office of Graduate Studies (2011) University of Miami. Retrieved from http://biomed.miami.edu/

Parry, M. (2010, February). Philosophy, for Profit. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Philosophy-for-Profit/64395/

Pitsiokos, P. (2004, June 18). SBU should shift focus to Kings Park. Long Island Business News. 51(26). Retrieved from EBSCOHost