Influencing K-12 and Higher Education Nationally and Internationally

Parent: Presidential Papers—David Pierpont Gardner

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

ItemTitleTotal requestsDownloadView-only%Dnld
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, Texas1751175866.9%
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, Colorado1571075068.2%
9pm2g10qEducation and the American Economy115536246.1%
93t3t49s"Our Universities: A Shared Pursuit of Excellence," University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia114516344.7%
0518t3w3Organizations and Modern Society111318027.9%
9h28m267“Reflections on the Basic Purposes of Schooling," University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia101445743.6%
2wb1j1xnManaging Transitions in a Time of Acute Modernity99257425.3%
3sb0j9fw"The Governance and Management of American Universities," The Siciliano Lecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City93227123.7%
20s081z7Geography in the School Curriculum89296032.6%
0vp858vwA Nation at Risk Third Anniversary Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah87256228.7%
73x744w2“Report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: a Retrospective View,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California87177019.5%
1dm2k9nf“Education and America’s Future,” Financial Executives Institute, San Francisco, California86206623.3%
9718v60h“American Leadership at Home and Abroad: The Bicentennial Challenge,” Business-Government Relations Council of the Business-Higher Education Forum, Hilton Head, South Carolina86176919.8%
3nt4n1j5Remarks to the Presidents Council, National Association for Land Grant Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC85117412.9%
2vm5k081Fulfilling Our Expectations80186222.5%
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, Florida79146517.7%
3fd3s761“Do We Want a Capital ‘U’ in Utah?” Utah Advertising Federation, Salt Lake City, Utah78186023.1%
5b03q6n0“Educational Excellence and the American High School,” Conference: The American High School Today and Tomorrow, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California78205825.6%
7v1766zzStatement to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, US Senate, on A Nation at Risk, Washington, DC78136516.7%
0zb7z5fcManaging the American University75165921.3%
18q6r6r9Remarks to the International Association of Defense Counsel, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California75165921.3%
4z08g996The Report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: How the Nation Responded,” American Academy of Periodontology, San Francisco, California73155820.5%
5bm0219vInvited testimony before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, "The Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of l985,'' Washington D.C73145919.2%
7xq962f2Excellence and Equality of Opportunity73185524.7%
6216w7tk“The Investment the Public Makes in Higher Education,” Legislative Breakfast, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho71155621.1%
5rr4729g“Excellence and Institutional Mission: Focusing on Quality,” Eighty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Chicago, Illinois70294141.4%
2ft3z5wk"Excellence in Graduate Education and Research,” Western Association of Graduate Schools, Monterey, California68185026.5%
4wd5d36x“Education in a Technological Economy: Some Observations on the Nation’s Schools,” UCLA Business Forecasting Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California68224632.4%
1xg9c2jnA Time for Re-Examination and Renewal Commitment66174925.8%
7rv2n91z“Universities and the Global Marketplace,” National Academy of Engineering, UC Irvine, California65125318.5%
4rp0d18fManaging Transitions in a Time of Acute Modernity64323250.0%
8h6471f5“Educational Excellence: the Hope of the Future,” Keynote Address, Utah Education Association, Salt Lake City, Utah60154525.0%
501251h1Excellence in Education: a Brief Analysis of the Problems59124720.3%
9sb3p9nhHigher Education and the New Technologies,” Sixth International Conference on Higher Education, University of Lancaster, Lancaster England59203933.9%
2dg7q5g5Risking the Future: a Report on Science and Math Education in the Public Schools5885013.8%
5p28j1cbEducational Standards: a Moving Target56134323.2%
6gq6m6cwInvited testimony on A Nation at Risk, the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, before the House Sub-committee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education and the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C55134223.6%
3cc210bc“Forces for Change in the Governance of British and American Universities45153033.3%

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