Presidential Papers—David Pierpont Gardner
Parent: UC Presidential Papers
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for July through October, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71c087p7 | “Don’t Look Now, But We’re Being Watched,” Salt Lake City Rotary Club, Salt Lake City, Utah | 196 | 93 | 103 | 47.4% |
| 85x4d7t2 | “Excellence: As Difficult As It Is Rare,” Robert Tait McKenzie Memorial Lecture, cosponsored by The American Academy of Physical Education and The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Houston, Texas | 175 | 117 | 58 | 66.9% |
| 6q95t2ns | Inaugural Address, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California | 166 | 23 | 143 | 13.9% |
| 42m822cw | “Setting the Scene: the Importance of Quality,” Critical Choices in Western Higher Education: a Regional Conference on Policy Alternatives for Quality, Finance, and Coordination in the 80s, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Denver, Colorado | 157 | 107 | 50 | 68.2% |
| 4h31v9p8 | “Rededication and Renewal in a Bicentennial Year,” Annual Faculty Breakfast, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah | 157 | 114 | 43 | 72.6% |
| 1827d591 | “External Forces Affecting Higher Education,” Western Association of College and University Business Officers, Seattle, Washington | 148 | 107 | 41 | 72.3% |
| 7s92m9k2 | “The University of Utah: Some Questions About the Work and Worth,” Salt Lake City Rotary Club, Salt Lake City, Utah | 140 | 104 | 36 | 74.3% |
| 9pm2g10q | Education and the American Economy | 115 | 53 | 62 | 46.1% |
| 93t3t49s | "Our Universities: A Shared Pursuit of Excellence," University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia | 114 | 51 | 63 | 44.7% |
| 1vj8t9hg | Driving Mr. Kerr | 113 | 26 | 87 | 23.0% |
| 0518t3w3 | Organizations and Modern Society | 111 | 31 | 80 | 27.9% |
| 1d94q006 | Internationalization: The State of the Institution | 107 | 24 | 83 | 22.4% |
| 56n5n3kn | The University in Disarray: Causes of Conflict and Prospects for Change | 106 | 58 | 48 | 54.7% |
| 3f52x588 | Keynote Address, UC Chicano-Latino Consortium Second Annual Convocation | 102 | 30 | 72 | 29.4% |
| 4d16s66b | Farewell Remarks to the Regents, San Francisco, California | 101 | 21 | 80 | 20.8% |
| 56x0p4fm | Remarks to the University of California Commission on the Future of the University, Oakland, California | 101 | 17 | 84 | 16.8% |
| 9h28m267 | “Reflections on the Basic Purposes of Schooling," University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia | 101 | 44 | 57 | 43.6% |
| 098013z2 | The Humanities and the Educational Reform Movement: What Can Be Done? | 99 | 24 | 75 | 24.2% |
| 2wb1j1xn | Managing Transitions in a Time of Acute Modernity | 99 | 25 | 74 | 25.3% |
| 7936v00s | “Campus Patterns for the 70’s”, Association of National Advertisers Advanced Management Seminar, Santa Barbara, California | 99 | 12 | 87 | 12.1% |
| 840324sp | Faculty Conference [Open Forum with President Gardner], University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah | 98 | 62 | 36 | 63.3% |
| 61f0c0qw | The Humanities and the Fine Arts: The Soul and Spirit of Our Universities,” David Pierpont Gardner Graduate Lecture in the Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. | 96 | 22 | 74 | 22.9% |
| 861197vb | “Education in a Shrinking World and a Global Marketplace,” Coalition for Utah’s Future/Project 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah | 95 | 54 | 41 | 56.8% |
| 3sb0j9fw | "The Governance and Management of American Universities," The Siciliano Lecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City | 93 | 22 | 71 | 23.7% |
| 2368768q | Formal Remarks made by Dr. David P. Gardner to President Nixon's Commission on Campus Unrest (Scranton Commission), Los Angeles, California | 90 | 17 | 73 | 18.9% |
| 20s081z7 | Geography in the School Curriculum | 89 | 29 | 60 | 32.6% |
| 0vp858vw | A Nation at Risk Third Anniversary Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah | 87 | 25 | 62 | 28.7% |
| 73x744w2 | “Report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: a Retrospective View,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California | 87 | 17 | 70 | 19.5% |
| 1dm2k9nf | “Education and America’s Future,” Financial Executives Institute, San Francisco, California | 86 | 20 | 66 | 23.3% |
| 9718v60h | “American Leadership at Home and Abroad: The Bicentennial Challenge,” Business-Government Relations Council of the Business-Higher Education Forum, Hilton Head, South Carolina | 86 | 17 | 69 | 19.8% |
| 3nt4n1j5 | Remarks to the Presidents Council, National Association for Land Grant Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC | 85 | 11 | 74 | 12.9% |
| 3jj6k0cm | Dedication of Keck Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii | 84 | 17 | 67 | 20.2% |
| 8j7814nn | The California System: Governing and Management Principles and Their Link to Academic Excellence | 84 | 14 | 70 | 16.7% |
| 9483f20d | Introductory Remarks on the UC Humanities Initiative, Regents meeting, Los Angeles, California | 84 | 26 | 58 | 31.0% |
| 1w8330ns | “The University Presidency: a Personal View,” American Physical Society, San Diego, California | 83 | 15 | 68 | 18.1% |
| 5xk7k7tr | "Independent Colleges and Universities: A Force for Constructive Change," American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities, Scottsdale, Arizona | 83 | 21 | 62 | 25.3% |
| 520920s6 | Statement on the University Investment Policy, Regents’ meeting, San Francisco, California | 82 | 16 | 66 | 19.5% |
| 9w53c8bk | Clark Kerr: Triumphs and Turmoil | 82 | 25 | 57 | 30.5% |
| 2vm5k081 | Fulfilling Our Expectations | 80 | 18 | 62 | 22.5% |
| 3p66r3mr | "A Strategy for Change in Higher Education: The Extended University of the University of California." Conference on Future Structures of Postsecondary Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France | 80 | 18 | 62 | 22.5% |
| 15g16678 | The California Oath Controversy—Silence and Frustration | 79 | 14 | 65 | 17.7% |
| 4813421v | “The American University in Transition,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California | 79 | 24 | 55 | 30.4% |
| 9kt0k50h | “The Challenge of School Reform over the Next Decade,” issue paper for States Look to the Future meeting, The Council of State Governments, Orlando, Florida | 79 | 14 | 65 | 17.7% |
| 2xt1p0nv | “Cooperation and Competition in the Pacific Rim: The Challenge for Education,” Dedication of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego | 78 | 25 | 53 | 32.1% |
| 3fd3s761 | “Do We Want a Capital ‘U’ in Utah?” Utah Advertising Federation, Salt Lake City, Utah | 78 | 18 | 60 | 23.1% |
| 5b03q6n0 | “Educational Excellence and the American High School,” Conference: The American High School Today and Tomorrow, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California | 78 | 20 | 58 | 25.6% |
| 79p245zh | Remarks by David P. Gardner—UC Merced Founders Day Celebration—University of California, Merced, Merced, California | 78 | 14 | 64 | 17.9% |
| 7v1766zz | Statement to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, US Senate, on A Nation at Risk, Washington, DC | 78 | 13 | 65 | 16.7% |
| 88c3b1mv | The Case for the American University,” The Grace A. Tanner Lecture in Human Values, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, April 22, 1993 | 76 | 17 | 59 | 22.4% |
| 14p3964s | Opening Address, All-University Faculty Conference on Graduate Student and Faculty Affirmative Action, San Diego, California | 75 | 20 | 55 | 26.7% |
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