Clark Kerr Lecture

This lecture series was established in 2001 under the auspices of the Center for Studies in Higher Education on the Berkeley campus. The Clark Kerr Lectures series honors Clark Kerr, president of the University of California from 1958 to 1967 and long recognized as one of the great leaders of American higher education in the twentieth century. The Lectures provide a forum for analysis and reflection about the forces shaping universities and the complex roles they play in modern society.  Recipients of the honor are selected once every two years and are sponsored by Center for Studies in Higher Education. 

This section collects publications from previous Clark Kerr Lectures.

Title Author Year Publication type
The Dream is Over: The Crisis of Clark Kerr’s California Idea of Higher Education Simon Marginson 2016 Clark Kerr Lecture, 2016
Clark Kerr and the Californian Model of Higher Education Simon Marginson 2014 Clark Kerr Lecture, 2014
Dynamics of the Contemporary University Neil Smelser 2013 Clark Kerr Lecture, 2013
Searching for Utopia: Universities and Their Histories Hanna Holborn Gray 2011 Clark Kerr Lecture, 2011
Science and Its Discontents: An Evolutionary Tale Donald Kennedy 2008 Clark Kerr Lecture, 2008
The American Research University from World War II to World Wide Web Charles M. Vest 2007 Clark Kerr Lecture, 2007