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)--History.

University of California (System).

University of California (System)--Management.

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

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

Nuclear energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 233 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

About This Book

1. The Evolution of a Crisis

2. The Education of a Chancellor

3. Who Runs the University?

4. Seventeenth President

5. A Problem in Search of a Solution

6. "A More Inclusive Definition of Merit"

7. Reinventing the Economy

8. An Idea and Its Consequences

9. History's Coils

10. Presidents and Chancellors

11. Epilogue

Appendix 1. Regents' Resolutions SP-1, SP-2, and RE-28

Appendix 2. Atkinson Presidency Timeline

Appendix 3. University of California Indicators, 1995-2003

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613520951

9781280116667

1280116668

9780520952218

0520952219

OCLC:

779173676