- Additional Authors
- Pelfrey, Patricia A.
- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 210 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Pursuit of knowledge (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Pursuit of knowledge (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2006025557
- OCLC
- ssj0000230847
- Author
Atkinson, Richard C.
- Title
The pursuit of knowledge [electronic resource] : speeches and papers of Richard C. Atkinson / Patricia A. Pelfrey, editor ; with a foreword by David S. Saxon.
- Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Pelfrey, Patricia A.