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This concise book tells the absorbing story of the development of one of the greatest public institutions in the country.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments The University of California: What Makes It Unique? Mind before Mines Land and a Charter The University President Gilman The Constitutional Convention of 1878 Early Benefactors Growth for the Twentieth Century President Wheeler The Faculty Revolution Growth of the Campuses The Modern University President Sproul The Loyalty Oath Progress and Problems The Chancellorship The Multiversity Achievements of the 1960s The Master Plan Decentralizing the University Student Unrest The Steady State Planning for Hard Times The Tax Revolt Bakke v. The Regents of the University of California New Intellectual Horizons The Booming 1980s A Pacific Rim State Growth Again Conflicts and Controversies The University under Fire A New President and an Economic Crisis The Debate over Admissions Rankings Research and Economic Growth New Directions for Outreach Tidal Wave II and New Approaches to Admission Achievement versus Aptitude Transitions The University Past and Present University of California Campuses Presidents of the University of California Chief Campus Officers/Chancellors of the University of California Notes Further Reading

A Brief History of the University of California

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 10 April 2004
      ISBN-13 9780520243903
      978-0520243903
      ISBN-10 0520243900
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This concise book tells the absorbing story of the development of one of the greatest public institutions in the country.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments The University of California: What Makes It Unique? Mind before Mines Land and a Charter The University President Gilman The Constitutional Convention of 1878 Early Benefactors Growth for the Twentieth Century President Wheeler The Faculty Revolution Growth of the Campuses The Modern University President Sproul The Loyalty Oath Progress and Problems The Chancellorship The Multiversity Achievements of the 1960s The Master Plan Decentralizing the University Student Unrest The Steady State Planning for Hard Times The Tax Revolt Bakke v. The Regents of the University of California New Intellectual Horizons The Booming 1980s A Pacific Rim State Growth Again Conflicts and Controversies The University under Fire A New President and an Economic Crisis The Debate over Admissions Rankings Research and Economic Growth New Directions for Outreach Tidal Wave II and New Approaches to Admission Achievement versus Aptitude Transitions The University Past and Present University of California Campuses Presidents of the University of California Chief Campus Officers/Chancellors of the University of California Notes Further Reading

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