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    The pursuit of knowledge : speeches and papers of Richard C. Atkinson / Patricia A. Pelfrey, editor ; with a foreword by David S. Saxon.
    by Atkinson, Richard C.
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    Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
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  • Electronic Resourcehttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0618/2006025557.html
    Electronic Resourcehttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006025557-d.html
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    9780520251991 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    0520251997 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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    xiv, 210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
    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.
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