Understanding the University's Role in American Culture and Society
President of Two Universities: David Pierpont Gardner served from 1973 to 1983 as the president of the University of Utah, where he was also a professor of higher education. In 1983, he was appointed as president of the University of California and as a professor of higher education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he served until 1992. (Read more)
The David P. Gardner Presidential Papers are organized according to the following principal themes of university leadership:
Theme 1—Understanding the University’s Role in American Culture and Society
Theme 2—Working with University Constituencies, Within and Without
Theme 3—Exercising Leadership in the Interests of the Institution
Theme 4—Influencing K-12 and Higher Education Nationally and Internationally
There are 23 publications in this collection, published between 1967 and 2014.
Gardner, David P.: The University in Disarray: Causes of Conflict and Prospects for Change, 2014
Gardner, David P.: Clark Kerr: Triumphs and Turmoil, 2012
Gardner, David P.: Remarks to the University of California Commission on the Future of the University, 2009
Gardner, David P.: Remarks to the University of California Commission on the Future of the University, Oakland, California, 2009
Gardner, David P.: The California System: Governing and Management Principles and Their Link to Academic Excellence, 2005
Gardner, David P.: Driving Mr. Kerr, 2004
Gardner, David P.: "Independent Colleges and Universities: A Force for Constructive Change," American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1995
Gardner, David P.: The Case for the American University,” The Grace A. Tanner Lecture in Human Values, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, April 22, 1993, 1993
Gardner, David P.: Remarks to the Senate Fiscal Retreat, Berkeley, California, 1992
Gardner, David P.: “Working Together: an Agenda for Joint Action,” Western College Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1990
Gardner, David P.: “Intersegmental Activity from the University of California Perspective,” Intersegmental Coordinating Council Conference, San Francisco, California, 1988
Gardner, David P.: Issues Confronting American Higher Education, 1988
Gardner, David P.: "Frontiers of Learning: The West and Higher Education," Centennial celebration, Stanford University, May 16, 1987, 1987
Gardner, David P.: “Issues Confronting American Higher Education,” Fulbright Lecture, Japan., 1987
Gardner, David P.: “Public Policy and Higher Education to the Year 2000,” remarks to the Commission for the Review of the Master Plan, Sacramento, California, 1986
Gardner, David P.: Remarks to the Commission for the Review of the Master Plan, Sacramento, California, 1985
Gardner, David P.: Remarks for Dedication of R/V Robert Gordon Sproul, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, 1984
Gardner, David P.: “External Forces Affecting Higher Education,” Western Association of College and University Business Officers, Seattle, Washington, 1977
Gardner, David P.: “Faculty Powers, Freedoms, and Constraints in College and University Governance,” Utah Conference on Higher Education, Snow College, Ephraim, Utah, 1976
Gardner, David P.: “Head and Hand: Education’s Working Partners,” Commencement Address, Utah Technical College, Provo, Utah, 1975
Gardner, David P.: Remembering Bob Sproul, 1975
Gardner, David P.: By Oath and Association: The California Folly, 1969
Gardner, David P.: The California Oath Controversy—Silence and Frustration, 1967