Presidential Papers—Richard Atkinson

The article argues that the principles upon which academic freedom is founded must be elaborated and modified in ways that are relevant to the responsibilities and circumstances of today's universities. The article elucidates the UC's new statement on academic freedom, which honors the long history and tradition of the principles of academic freedom, but also breaks new ground in that it explicitly recognizes the means of maintaining those freedoms. The new policy affirms the principle that faculty conduct will be assessed in reference to academic values and professional norms, an inherently broad and flexible standard that is properly left to the determination of the faculty.

Commentary about intellectual property rights by Richard C. Atkinson and others.

Keynote address at the inauguration of President Akimasa Mitsuta, Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies, Japan, May 26, 2001.

Opinion piece about the partnership between the University of California and the California State University systems in contributing to the state’s economy.

Opinion piece on how basic research can help maintain the nation’s economic strength.

Letter to the Regents about an article in the March 2000 issue of The Atlantic Monthly on industry-university partnerships.

Paper presented at the China-U.S. Joint Science Policy Seminar and published in Proceedings of the First Sino-US Science Policy Seminar (October 24-27, 1999), edited by Mu Rongping and W. A. Blanpied, Beijing, China: Science Press, 2000.

Opinion piece on the need for public investment in education and research.

Address at the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, November 4, 1997.