The Pursuit of Knowledge: Speeches and Papers of Richard C. Atkinson

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195 INDEX AAU. See Association of American Universities AAUP. See American Association of University Professors academic administrators, 22 academic freedom: components of, 114, 122; origins of, 113, 124; political neutrality and, 118–19; research universities and, 113–14, 125–26; teaching and, 123 academic freedom policy, U.C.: controversy over, 114–15; faculty responsibility in, 125, 126–27; First Amendment rights and, 119–20, 124–25; new statement on, 114, 120–28; peer-review process and, 124, 125–26; professorial autonomy and, 123–24; Sproul statement on, 115–19; teaching and, 123 academics: diversity and, 71; excellence of, 65–66, 154–55; presidential responsibility for, 57 accountability, 35, 45 accreditation, 101–3 ACE. See American Council on Education achievement tests: aptitude tests vs., 169; defined, 165–66 ACT (American College Testing), 159, 164, 166, 182 Adler, Mortimer, 13 admissions. See admissions policy, U.C.; college admissions admissions policy, U.C.: Atkinson administration and, 1–2, 191–92; challenges facing, 196 / Index admissions policy, U.C. (continued): 185–87; Comprehensive Review , 156, 171, 182; controversy over, 170–74; diversity encouraged in, 49, 70–73; Dual Admissions Program, 157, 182; Eligibility Index, 175; Four Percent Plan, 156–57, 182, 185; impact of Proposition 209 on, 155, 157, 185; impact on California society, 161–62; meritocratic vs. egalitarian values in, 144–45, 185, 188–89; proposals for inclusion and fairness, 155–60; proposal to drop SAT I requirement, 7, 138, 149–50, 163–64, 170, 177–78; required college-preparatory courses, 144, 145, 156–57, 158–59; SAT I required, 173, 174–75; SP-1 and, 3–4; testing reforms in, 138–39, 145–47, 150, 158–60; Tidal Wave II and, 6; two-tier system, 156; writing samples in, 178 aerospace industry, cutbacks in, 89, 153 affirmative action, 1, 3–4, 70–71, 180. See also Proposition 209; SP-1 African-Americans: in California, 151; SAT as perceived by, 141; U.C. admissions policy and, 70, 157 agriculture, research partnerships in, 68 Alliance for Lifelong Learning, 101, 105 alumni, U.C., 55, 57–58 American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 113, 122–23 American College Testing (ACT), 159, 164, 166, 182 American Council on Education (ACE): Atkinson’s address to (2001), 7, 149, 170, 171–72, 176, 178; Atwell as head of, 137 anticommunism, 117 APM. See University of California Academic Personnel Manual aptitude tests: achievement tests vs., 169; defined, 165–66 ArXiv.org, 131–32 Asian Americans: California demographic changes and, 151; SAT scores of, 141; U.C. admissions policy and, 71 Assembly Ways and Means Committee , 60 Associated Press, 171 Association of American Universities (AAU), 2, 98 Association of Research Libraries, 132–33 AT&T, 96 Atkinson, Richard C.: awards received by, 15, 64, 190–93; college years of, 12–14, 166; immigrant background of, 11; as NSF deputy director , 21–22; as NSF director, Index / 197 28–30, 191; retirement of, 190; as Stanford faculty member, 22, 102, 167; as U.C. president, 3, 33, 58, 180, 188, 191–92; as U.C. San Diego chancellor, 3, 90, 191 Atkinson, Rita, 192–93 Atkinson administration: accomplishments of, 180–83, 190–92; admissions policy during, 6–7; challenges following , 183–88; chancellors appointed during, 2; issues defining, 1–3; research priorities during, 4–6; significance of, 7–8; SP-1 controversy during, 4–5 Atwell, Robert H., 137 audits, 56–57 Baby Boom generation: children of, and U.C. enrollments, 6, 46; retirement of, problems caused by, 42; U.C. expansion and, 54–55, 61 Bauman, Robert, 23, 24, 26, 31 Bayh-Dole Act (1980), 29 Berdahl, Robert C., 115 Big Test, The (Lemann), 172, 174 Binet, Alfred, 168 Binion, Gayle, 120–21 bioengineering, 154 biological sciences, curriculum development in, 19–20 BioMed Central, 130 biomedicine, 154 biotechnology: CISIs and, 5; economic role of, 92, 153; research in, 154; research universities and, 41, 89 Birnbaum, David, 121 Bloom, Allan, 13 Board on Testing and Assessment, National Research Council (BOTA), 168–69 Bowen, Bill, 78, 80 Brigham, Carl, 167 Bush, George W., 172 Bush, Vannevar, 16–18, 21, 93–95, 96 California: college admissions issues in, 149–50; diverse society of, 70–71, 144–45, 150–52, 186–87; fiscal distress in, 181; gubernatorial recall in (2003), 180; knowledgebased economy in, 1, 4–5, 41–43, 89–92, 152–54; as new society, 150; research partnerships in, 89; school reform initiatives in, 4, 160; scientist shortages in...