Entrepreneurial president : Richard Atkinson and the University of California, 1995-2003 / Patricia A. Pelfrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pelfrey, Patricia A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atkinson, Richard C.

University of California (System)--Presidents--Biography.

University of California (System).

Presidents.

Nuclear energy--Research--Laboratories--Management.

Nuclear energy--Research--Laboratories.

Management.

History.

University of California (System)--History.

University of California (System)--Management.

Nuclear energy.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012]

Summary:

"Richard C. Atkinson was named president of the University of California in August 1995, barely four weeks after the UC Regents voted to end affirmative action. How he dealt with the admissions wars--the political, legal, and academic consequences of that historic and controversial decision, as well as the issue of governance--is discussed in this book. Another focus is the entrepreneurial university--the expansion of the University's research enterprise into new forms of scientific research with industry during Atkinson's presidency. The final crisis of his administration was the prolonged controversy over the University's management of the Los Alamos and Livermore nuclear weapons research laboratories that began with the arrest of Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee on charges of espionage in 1999. Entrepreneurial President explains what was at stake during each of these episodes, how Atkinson addressed the issues, and why the outcomes matter to the University and to the people of California. Pelfrey's book provides an analysis of the challenges, perils, and limits of presidential leadership in the nation's leading public university, while bringing a historical perspective to bear on the current serious threats to its future as a university"--Provided by publisher.

"This is a book about the University of California's seventeenth president, Richard C. Atkinson, and the ideas, issues, and political storms that shaped the University and his eight-year presidency (1995-2003): the transition to the post-affirmative action age, the full emergence of the entrepreneurial university, and the battle over the University's 60-year role in managing the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Evolution of a Crisis 1

2 The Education of a Chancellor 15

3 Who Runs the University? 38

4 Seventeenth President 54

5 A Problem in Search of a Solution 69

6 "A More Inclusive Definition of Merit" 86

7 Reinventing the Economy 100

8 An Idea and its Consequences 115

9 History's Coils: The Nuclear Weapons Laboratories 139

10 Presidents and Chancellors 156

11 Epilogue: One University 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520270800

0520270800

OCLC:

756167029