Presidential Papers—David Pierpont Gardner

eScholarship stats: History by Item for July through October, 2026

Item	Title	Total requests	2026-10	2026-09	2026-08	2026-07
71c087p7	“Don’t Look Now, But We’re Being Watched,” Salt Lake City Rotary Club, Salt Lake City, Utah	197	88	36	35	38
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	176	67	40	34	35
6q95t2ns	Inaugural Address, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	167	102	40	14	11
4h31v9p8	“Rededication and Renewal in a Bicentennial Year,” Annual Faculty Breakfast, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah	160	44	41	38	37
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	158	56	35	34	33
1827d591	“External Forces Affecting Higher Education,” Western Association of College and University Business Officers, Seattle, Washington	149	42	41	33	33
7s92m9k2	“The University of Utah: Some Questions About the Work and Worth,” Salt Lake City Rotary Club, Salt Lake City, Utah	142	38	41	32	31
1vj8t9hg	Driving Mr. Kerr	123	63	13	31	16
9pm2g10q	Education and the American Economy	116	42	46	17	11
93t3t49s	"Our Universities: A Shared Pursuit of Excellence," University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia	114	27	58	24	5
0518t3w3	Organizations and Modern Society	112	41	19	37	15
1d94q006	Internationalization: The State of the Institution	107	26	23	42	16
56n5n3kn	The University in Disarray: Causes of Conflict and Prospects for Change	107	34	44	16	13
3f52x588	Keynote Address, UC Chicano-Latino Consortium Second Annual Convocation	104	51	20	16	17
4d16s66b	Farewell Remarks to the Regents, San Francisco, California	102	32	24	23	23
56x0p4fm	Remarks to the University of California Commission on the Future of the University, Oakland, California	102	32	24	26	20
9h28m267	“Reflections on the Basic Purposes of Schooling," University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia	101	17	46	21	17
7936v00s	“Campus Patterns for the 70’s”, Association of National Advertisers Advanced Management Seminar, Santa Barbara, California	100	51	31	14	4
098013z2	The Humanities and the Educational Reform Movement: What Can Be Done?	99	55	18	18	8
2wb1j1xn	Managing Transitions in a Time of Acute Modernity	99	30	39	20	10
840324sp	Faculty Conference [Open Forum with President Gardner], University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah	99	28	23	28	20
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.	97	42	22	19	14
861197vb	“Education in a Shrinking World and a Global Marketplace,” Coalition for Utah’s Future/Project 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah	97	29	47	16	5
3sb0j9fw	"The Governance and Management of American Universities," The Siciliano Lecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City	93	44	19	23	7
20s081z7	Geography in the School Curriculum	90	43	15	15	17
2368768q	Formal Remarks made by Dr. David P. Gardner to President Nixon's Commission on Campus Unrest (Scranton Commission), Los Angeles, California	90	46	18	17	9
0vp858vw	A Nation at Risk Third Anniversary Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah	88	33	26	20	9
73x744w2	“Report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: a Retrospective View,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California	88	23	22	33	10
1dm2k9nf	“Education and America’s Future,” Financial Executives Institute, San Francisco, California	87	49	17	13	8
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	46	11	17	12
3nt4n1j5	Remarks to the Presidents Council, National Association for Land Grant Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC	85	49	20	11	5
3jj6k0cm	Dedication of Keck Telescope, Mauna Kea, Hawaii	84	37	18	17	12
8j7814nn	The California System: Governing and Management Principles and Their Link to Academic Excellence	84	22	27	29	6
9483f20d	Introductory Remarks on the UC Humanities Initiative, Regents meeting, Los Angeles, California	84	39	30	11	4
1w8330ns	“The University Presidency: a Personal View,” American Physical Society, San Diego, California	83	46	22	12	3
5xk7k7tr	"Independent Colleges and Universities: A Force for Constructive Change," American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities, Scottsdale, Arizona	83	34	11	21	17
520920s6	Statement on the University Investment Policy, Regents’ meeting, San Francisco, California	82	41	17	20	4
9w53c8bk	Clark Kerr: Triumphs and Turmoil	82	26	22	29	5
2vm5k081	Fulfilling Our Expectations	80	27	28	20	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	38	21	14	7
4813421v	“The American University in Transition,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California	80	30	17	17	16
7v1766zz	Statement to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, US Senate, on A Nation at Risk, Washington, DC	80	30	15	29	6
15g16678	The California Oath Controversy—Silence and Frustration	79	36	25	11	7
5b03q6n0	“Educational Excellence and the American High School,” Conference: The American High School Today and Tomorrow, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California	79	30	25	11	13
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	40	12	23	4
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	34	16	17	11
3fd3s761	“Do We Want a Capital ‘U’ in Utah?” Utah Advertising Federation, Salt Lake City, Utah	78	30	29	14	5
79p245zh	Remarks by David P. Gardner—UC Merced Founders Day Celebration—University of California, Merced, Merced, California	78	45	14	16	3
0zb7z5fc	Managing the American University	77	31	18	18	10
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	37	15	14	10

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