Research Universities/ Science Policy
For a quick survey, peruse the articles marked with an asterisk (*).
* Reflections on Receiving the 2018 Clark Kerr Medal (PDF)
Drawn from remarks at the award ceremony in Berkeley, California at which Atkinson was given the Clark Kerr Medal by the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate, University of California. The award recognizes individuals who have made “extraordinary contributions to the advancement of higher education”. (December 5, 2018).
Drawn from Atkinson’s remarks at the CONNECT ceremony in San Diego upon receiving the award (November 29, 2017).
Beyond the Master Plan: The Case for Restructuring Baccalaureate Education in California (PDF)
Paper published with Saul Geiser in the California Journal of Politics and Policy, Volume 5, Issue 1 (January 2013).
Entrepreneurial President: Richard Atkinson and the University of California, 1995-2003 (PDF)
Press release for The Entrepreneurial President: Richard Atkinson and the University of California, 1995-2003 written by Patricia A. Pelfrey (Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2012).
Social Scientists’ Contributions to Science Policy during the New Deal (PDF)
Paper with William A. Blanpied (September 2011).
* Science and the Entrepreneurial University (PDF)
This paper was published in the Summer 2010 issue of Issues in Science and Technology.
* Research Universities: Core of the U.S. Science and Technology System (PDF)
Paper published in Technology in Society, Vol. 30, No.1 (January 2008).
Research Universities and the Wealth of Nations (PDF)
A speech presented at the U.S.-China Forum on Science and Technology Policy held on October 15-17, 2006, in Beijing, China (10/16/06).
Foreword to Biography of Fred Terman (PDF)
Fred Terman at Stanford: Building a Discipline, a University, and Silicon Valley (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2004).
Research Universities and the Nation’s Economy (PDF)
Speech presented to the Downtown San Diego Rotary Club (11/18/04).
Letter to The Regents informing them of the Academic Council's review of a proposed revision to the policy on academic freedom contained in the Academic Personnel Manual, Section 010 (4/23/03).
The Globalization of the University (PDF)
Keynote address delivered at the inauguration of President Akimasa Mitsuta, Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies, Japan (5/26/01).
Why federal funding for basic research is important (PDF)
Opinion piece about how basic research funding can help maintain our nation's economic strength, published in the San Diego Union-Tribune (9/28/00).
The Future Arrives First in California (PDF)
The need to educate record numbers of students, UC's research contributions to California's economy, and the University's initiatives to encourage diversity in a post-affirmative action era, published in Issues in Science and Technology, Winter 1999-2000.
Opportunities for Chinese and American Universities in the Knowledge-based Economy (PDF)
Paper presented at the China-U.S. Joint Science Policy Seminar, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the first agreement between the People's Republic of China and the United States for the exchange of scientists and scholars, Beijing, China (10/25/99). Published in Proceedings of First Sino-US Science Policy Seminar (October 24-27, 1999), edited by Mu Rongping and W. A. Blanpied, Beijing, China: Science Press, 2000.
* The Future of the University of California (PDF)
A personal view on the issues and challenges facing the University (revised 9/98).
The Role of Research in the University of the Future (PDF)
Address at The United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan (11/4/97).
The Future of the Research University (PDF)
Reprinted from Reinventing the University: Proceedings of a Symposium held at UCLA (6/23/94).