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OverviewRichard C. Atkinsons eight-year tenure as president of the University of California (19952003) reflected the major issues facing California itself: the states emergence as the worlds leading knowledge-based economy and the rapidly expanding size and diversity of its population. As this selection of President Atkinsons speeches and papers reveals, his administration was marked by innovative approaches that deliberately shaped U.C.s role in this changing California. These writings tell the story of the national controversy over the SAT and Atkinsons successful challenge to the dominance of the seventy-five-year-old college entrance examination. They also highlight other issues with national significance: U.C.s experiments with race-neutral admissions programs; the challenges facing academic libraries and the Universitys pioneering activities with the California Digital Library; and the Universitys involvement in new paradigms of industry-university research. Together, these speeches and papers open a window on an eventful period in the history of the nations leading public research university and the history of American higher education. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard AtkinsonPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press ISBN: 9786611752484ISBN 10: 661175248 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 26 April 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |