At Resilience 2011, William Clark recommends the 2002 inaugural address of Michael Crow as President of Arizona State University (ASU) as a good example about how to think about what a university needs to be to embrace the challenge of sustainability science – A New American University, the New Gold Standard

A. Introduction

• A New American University

B. Why the Existing Models are Not Appropriate for Arizona in the Twenty-first Century

1. The Existing Models: The Gold Standard
2. The Cultural Landscape of Arizona: A Frontier Heritage
3. Sociological Determinants: Changing Demographics
4. Economic Exigencies: Embracing Opportunity
5. Environmental Limitations: Sustainability and the Future of Arizona

C. The New Gold Standard: Design Imperatives of a New American University

1. ASU Must Embrace its Cultural, Socioeconomic, and Physical Setting
2. ASU Must Become a Force, and Not Only a Place
3. ASU as Entrepreneur
4. Pasteur’s Principle
5. A Focus on the Individual
6. Intellectual Fusion
7. Social Embeddedness
8. Global Engagement

D. Conclusion: The New Gold Standard