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Reflections on a Century of College Admissions Tests
Atkinson, Richard C.; Geiser, Saul - Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley - 2009
Standardized testing for college admissions has grown exponentially since the first administration of the old “College Boards†in 1901. This paper surveys major developments since then: the introduction of the “Scholastic Aptitude Test†in 1926, designed to tap...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011131502
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DEFINING THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OF THE FUTURE
Atkinson, Richard C. - Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley - 2009
With California’s public higher education system facing massive funding cuts and an increasingly diverse demography …, and the business and labor communities. The commission will use working groups to reach out to the entire UC community and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011131516
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BEYOND THE MASTER PLAN: The Case for Restructuring Baccalaureate Education in California
Geiser, Saul; Atkinson, Richard C. - Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley - 2010
vocational education, the California Community Colleges now enroll between 40% and 50% of all students seeking a B.A., including …Although a stunning success in many ways, California’s 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education has been a conspicuous … absorbed the vast majority of enrollment growth in California higher education. In addition to their important role in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011131519
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SCIENCE AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY
Atkinson, Richard C.; Pelfrey, Patricia A. - Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley - 2010
The current and still-evolving role of the American research university has been shaped by four key developments in the past sixty-five years: the historic decision to establish a comprehensive postwar federal science policy, described in Vannevar Bush’s 1945 report, Science, The Endless...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011131528
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A GLOBAL TALENT MAGNET: How a San Francisco/Bay Area Higher Education Hub Could Advance California’s Comparative Advantage In Attracting International Talent and Further Build US...
Douglass, John Aubrey; Edelstein, Richard; Hoareau, Cecile - Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley - 2011
and higher education leaders better understood this and formulated strategies to tap the global demand for higher … education. Ultimately, all globalism is local. We propose that the San Francisco/Bay Area, a region with a group of stellar … universities and colleges, should re-imagine itself as a Global Higher Education Hub to meet national and regional economic needs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011131530