UC History Research Papers and Articles by CSHE Affiliated Authors

A listing of past and recent research papers and published articles that relate to the University of California’s history and current challenges and the history of higher education systems and great universities throughout the world.

• HISTORY’S COILS: The UC Nuclear Weapons Laboratories by Patricia A. Pelfrey, UC Berkeley CSHE.7.18 (April 2018)

• CALIFORNIA’S AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FIGHT: Power Politics and the University of California by John Aubrey Douglass, UC Berkeley CSHE 5.18 (March 2018)

• THE CLARK KERR LEGACY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA by C. Judson King, UC Berkeley CSHE 4.18 (March 2018)

• THE RISE OF THE PUBLICS: American Democracy, the Public University Ideal, and the University of California by John Aubrey Douglass, UC Berkeley CSHE 1.18 (February 2018)

• THE UC CLIOMETRIC HISTORY PROJECT AND FORMATTED OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION by Zachary Bleemer, UC Berkeley CSHE 3.18 (February 2018)

• A UNIVERSITY IN THE WILDERNESS: Building a Community and Culture at the New University of California by Karen Merritt, UC Berkeley, CSHE 9.17 (July 2017)

• FROM THE GOLDEN AGE TO THE AGE OF AUSTERITY: Planning at the University of California, 1968-1983 by Patricia A. Pelfrey, UC Berkeley, CSHE 8.17 (July 2017)
  
  

• THE EVOLUTION OF FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITIES: From the Traditional to the New by John Aubrey Douglass, UC Berkeley CSHE 11.16 (December 2016)
  
  

• THE ONE- UNIVERSITY IDEA AND ITS FUTURES By Patricia A. Pelfrey CSHE 6.16 (June 2016)
  
  

• A PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE SAT IN BERKELEY ADMISSIONS By Saul Geiser CSHE 4.16 (May 2016)
  
  

• THE GROWING CORRELATION BETWEEN RACE AND SAT SCORES: NEW FINDINGS FROM CALIFORNIA by Saul Geiser CSHE 10.15 (October 2015)
  
  

• THE LIBERAL ARTS AND THE UNIVERSITY: Tracing the Origins and Structure of Undergraduate Education In the US and at the University Of California by Nicholas B. Dirks CSHE 7.15 (June 2015)
  
  

• HOW AND WHY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GOT ITS AUTONOMY by John Aubrey Douglass CSHE.4.15 (April 2015)
  
  

• THOUGHTS ON THE HISTORY OF UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS IN THE US by Robert Berdahl CSHE.8.14 (July 2014)
  
  

• EDUCATION AND EMPIRE: Colonial Universities in Mexico, India and the United States by Cristina González and Funie Hsu CSHE.7.14 (July 2014)
  
  

• INTERNATIONAL BERKELEY: Enrolling International Students Yesterday and Today, Debates on the Benefits of Multicultural Diversity, and Macro Questions on Access and Equity by John Aubrey Douglass CSHE.3.14 (March 2014)
  
  

• CHANGE AND GOVERNANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: Comparative Case Studies by C. Judson King CSHE.11.14 (November 2014)
  
  

• THE MANAGEMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AT UC BERKELEY: TURNING POINTS AND CONSEQUENCES by John Cummins and Kirsten Hextrum CSHE.12.13 (November 2013)
  
  

• BOARD GOVERNANCE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS: Balancing Institutional Independence and System Coordination in J. E. Lane & D. B Johnstone, eds., SUNY Press, Albany NY, 2013
  
  

• ON THE APPORTIONMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNANCE FUNCTIONS WITHIN MULTI-CAMPUS UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS by C. Judson King CSHE.16.13 (December 2013)
  
  

• BEYOND THE MASTER PLAN: The Case for Restructuring Baccalaureate Education in California Saul Geiser with Richard C. Atkinson. California Journal of Politics and Policy (January 2013), 4 (1), 67-123.
  
  

• CLARK KERR: TRIUMPHS AND TURMOIL by David P. Gardner. CSHE 10.12 (July 2012)
  
  

• MODERNIZING GOVERNANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA by Robert Birgeneau, George Breslauer, Judson King, John Wilton, and Frank Yeary. CSHE.4.12 (April 2012)
  
  

• THE BIRTH OF A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY: UC Merced, No Small Miracle by Lindsay Ann Desrochers. CSHE.14.11 (October 2011)
  
  

• WHAT MADE BERKELEY GREAT?The Sources of Berkeley's Sustained Academic Excellence by George W. Breslauer. CSHE.3.11 (January 2011)
  
  

• ONE UNIVERSITY: The Evolution of an Idea by Patricia A. Pelfrey. CSHE.1.11 (January 2011)
  
• RE-IMAGINING CALIFORNIA HIGHER EDUCATION by John Aubrey Douglass. CSHE.14.10 (October 2010)
  
  

• FROM CHAOS TO ORDER AND BACK?A Revisionist Reflection on the California Master Plan for Higher Education@50 and Thoughts About its Future by John Aubrey Douglass. CSHE 7.10 (May 2010)
  
  

• THE LE CONTE MEMORIAL LECTURES AND PARK INTERPRETATION—A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT, by karen Merritt, George Wright Forum (2010), 27 (3), 303-322.
  
  

• THE ACADEMIC DEVOLUTION? Movements to Reform Teaching and Learning in US Colleges and Universities, 1985-2010 by Steven Brint. CSHE.12.09 (December 2009)
  
  

• DEFINING THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OF THE FUTURE by Richard C. Atkinson. CSHE.11.09 (December 2009)
  
  

• HIGHER EDUCATION’S NEW GLOBAL ORDER: How and Why Governments are Creating Structured Opportunity Markets by John Aubrey Douglass. CSHE.10.09 (December 2009)
  
• Reflections on a Century of College Admissions Tests by Richard C. Atkinson and Saul Geiser. CSHE.4.2009 (April 2009)
  
  

• SCIENCE AND ITS DISCONTENTS: An Evolutionary Tale by Donald Kennedy. CSHE.11.2008 (May 2008)
  
  

• ORIGINS OF THE PRINCIPLES ON REVIEW OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 1992-93 BY Patricia A. Pelfrey CSHE 5.08 (May 2008) 
  
  

• EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW by Patricia A. Pelfrey CSHE 5.08 (May 2008) 
  
  

• REPORT: A REFLECTION AND PROSPECTUS ON GLOBALIZATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION: CSHE@50. C. Judson King and John Aubrey Douglass (eds). CSHE.20.07 (December 2007)
  
  

• HEDGEHOGS, FOXES, LEADERSHIP RENEWAL AND SUCCESSION PLANNING. Cristina González. CSHE.17.07 (November 2007)