The Research University

Richard C. Atkinson served as the University of California's seventeenth president from 1995 to 2003. The Atkinson years were a time of dramatic expansion and landmark issues for UC. Enrollments, research programs, and funding all grew rapidly to new highs. The University faced the imperative of pursuing diversity in the post-affirmative action age, created new paradigms for industry-university cooperative research, and challenged the validity of the SAT I, the nation's most widely used college entrance examination.

The speeches, lectures, and other papers gathered here document these and a variety of other issues. The principal theme of this collection is the University of California itself, and the role it plays as a public research university in a diverse, dynamic, and knowledge-based society. We hope you will enjoy this introduction to the events and challenges of the Atkinson presidency.

Academic Quality
Achievement versus Aptitude
Education
Race and Diversity
The Atkinson Presidency
The Research University
The University and the Economy
University Admissions
University of California

There are 21 publications in this collection, published between 1992 and 2006.

Atkinson, Richard: Universities: At the Center of U.S. Research, 2006

Atkinson, Richard C.: Academic Freedom and the Research University, 2004

Atkinson, Richard; Beachy, Roger N.; Conway, Gordon; Cordova, France A.; Fox, Marye Anne; Holbrook, Karen A. et al.: Public Sector Collaboration for Agricultural IP Management, 2003

Atkinson, Richard: The Globalization of the University, 2001

Atkinson, Richard; Reed, Charles B.: Higher Education Helps Drive the Economy, 2000

Atkinson, Richard: Industry-University Partnerships, 2000

Atkinson, Richard: Why Federal Funding for Basic Research Is Important, 2000

Atkinson, Richard: Opportunities for Chinese and American Universities in the Knowledge-Based Economy, 1999

Atkinson, Richard: It Takes Cash to Keep Ideas Flowing, 1998

Atkinson, Richard: Binational Development and the Quest for Knowledge, 1997

Atkinson, Richard: Present Challenges of a Research University, 1997

Atkinson, Richard: The Role of Research in the University of the Future, 1997

Atkinson, Richard: Visions and Values: The Research University in Transition, 1997

Atkinson, Richard: America's Great Success Story – The Land-Grant University, 1996

Atkinson, Richard: The California Solution, 1996