The pursuit of knowledge : speeches and papers of Richard C. Atkinson
Record details
- ISBN: 0520251997
- ISBN: 9780520251991
- ISBN: 1429478101
- ISBN: 9781429478106
- ISBN: 052093394X
- ISBN: 9780520933941
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A brief history of the Atkinson presidency -- Seventeenth president -- Remarks on receiving the University of Chicago alumni medal -- The golden fleece, science education, and U.S. science policy -- Remarks on appointment as president of the University of California -- The University of California -- The future of the University of California -- The role of the president of the university -- Robert Gordon Sproul -- Tradition at the University of California -- Diversity: not there yet -- The research university and its responsibilities -- The numbers game and graduate education -- Opportunities for Chinese and American universities in the knowledge-based economy -- The globalization of the university -- Academic freedom and the research university -- A new world of scholarly communication -- Achievement versus aptitude -- Standardized tests and access to American Universities -- The California crucible -- Statement on the vote by the College Board Trustees to revise the SAT I -- College admissions and the SAT: a personal perspective -- Farewell remarks to the Board of Regents -- Regents' resolution in honor of Richard C. Atkinson. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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