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001 2006025557
003 DLC
005 20100623091657.0
008 060807s2007 caua b s001 0deng
010 $a 2006025557
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020 $a9780520251991 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0520251997 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm70866983
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050 00 $aLD736.5$b.A85 2007
082 00 $a378/.050974$222
100 1 $aAtkinson, Richard C.
245 14 $aThe pursuit of knowledge :$bspeeches and papers of Richard C. Atkinson /$cPatricia A. Pelfrey, editor ; with a foreword by David S. Saxon.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2007.
300 $axiv, 210 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aA 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.
610 20 $aUniversity of California, Berkeley.
650 0 $aUniversities and colleges$xAdministration.
650 0 $aEducation, Higher$zUnited States$xAims and objectives.
600 10 $aAtkinson, Richard C.
650 0 $aCollege presidents$zCalifornia$vBiography.
700 1 $aPelfrey, Patricia A.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0618/2006025557.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006025557-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0735/2006025557-b.html