Influencing K-12 and Higher Education Nationally and Internationally
Parent: Presidential Papers—David Pierpont Gardner
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for May through August, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-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, Texas | 217 | 169 | 48 | 77.9% |
| 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 | 212 | 167 | 45 | 78.8% |
| 0518t3w3 | Organizations and Modern Society | 154 | 43 | 111 | 27.9% |
| 0zb7z5fc | Managing the American University | 142 | 43 | 99 | 30.3% |
| 73x744w2 | “Report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: a Retrospective View,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California | 131 | 32 | 99 | 24.4% |
| 0vp858vw | A Nation at Risk Third Anniversary Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah | 125 | 39 | 86 | 31.2% |
| 20s081z7 | Geography in the School Curriculum | 117 | 70 | 47 | 59.8% |
| 2wb1j1xn | Managing Transitions in a Time of Acute Modernity | 103 | 21 | 82 | 20.4% |
| 9pm2g10q | Education and the American Economy | 101 | 35 | 66 | 34.7% |
| 3sb0j9fw | "The Governance and Management of American Universities," The Siciliano Lecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City | 97 | 31 | 66 | 32.0% |
| 93t3t49s | "Our Universities: A Shared Pursuit of Excellence," University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia | 94 | 36 | 58 | 38.3% |
| 18q6r6r9 | Remarks to the International Association of Defense Counsel, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California | 92 | 35 | 57 | 38.0% |
| 1xg9c2jn | A Time for Re-Examination and Renewal Commitment | 92 | 25 | 67 | 27.2% |
| 5rr4729g | “Excellence and Institutional Mission: Focusing on Quality,” Eighty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Chicago, Illinois | 91 | 31 | 60 | 34.1% |
| 9h28m267 | “Reflections on the Basic Purposes of Schooling," University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia | 89 | 28 | 61 | 31.5% |
| 7xq962f2 | Excellence and Equality of Opportunity | 86 | 32 | 54 | 37.2% |
| 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 | 84 | 24 | 60 | 28.6% |
| 5b03q6n0 | “Educational Excellence and the American High School,” Conference: The American High School Today and Tomorrow, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California | 82 | 35 | 47 | 42.7% |
| 9sb3p9nh | Higher Education and the New Technologies,” Sixth International Conference on Higher Education, University of Lancaster, Lancaster England | 82 | 20 | 62 | 24.4% |
| 2ft3z5wk | "Excellence in Graduate Education and Research,” Western Association of Graduate Schools, Monterey, California | 76 | 31 | 45 | 40.8% |
| 7rv2n91z | “Universities and the Global Marketplace,” National Academy of Engineering, UC Irvine, California | 75 | 27 | 48 | 36.0% |
| 7v1766zz | Statement to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, US Senate, on A Nation at Risk, Washington, DC | 75 | 20 | 55 | 26.7% |
| 5bm0219v | Invited 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.C | 72 | 16 | 56 | 22.2% |
| 1dm2k9nf | “Education and America’s Future,” Financial Executives Institute, San Francisco, California | 71 | 26 | 45 | 36.6% |
| 2vm5k081 | Fulfilling Our Expectations | 71 | 31 | 40 | 43.7% |
| 501251h1 | Excellence in Education: a Brief Analysis of the Problems | 71 | 23 | 48 | 32.4% |
| 8h6471f5 | “Educational Excellence: the Hope of the Future,” Keynote Address, Utah Education Association, Salt Lake City, Utah | 70 | 22 | 48 | 31.4% |
| 4z08g996 | The Report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: How the Nation Responded,” American Academy of Periodontology, San Francisco, California | 67 | 20 | 47 | 29.9% |
| 9718v60h | “American Leadership at Home and Abroad: The Bicentennial Challenge,” Business-Government Relations Council of the Business-Higher Education Forum, Hilton Head, South Carolina | 67 | 23 | 44 | 34.3% |
| 3fd3s761 | “Do We Want a Capital ‘U’ in Utah?” Utah Advertising Federation, Salt Lake City, Utah | 65 | 18 | 47 | 27.7% |
| 2dg7q5g5 | Risking the Future: a Report on Science and Math Education in the Public Schools | 64 | 26 | 38 | 40.6% |
| 3cc210bc | “Forces for Change in the Governance of British and American Universities | 64 | 29 | 35 | 45.3% |
| 4wd5d36x | “Education in a Technological Economy: Some Observations on the Nation’s Schools,” UCLA Business Forecasting Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California | 62 | 24 | 38 | 38.7% |
| 4rp0d18f | Managing Transitions in a Time of Acute Modernity | 61 | 27 | 34 | 44.3% |
| 5p28j1cb | Educational Standards: a Moving Target | 60 | 27 | 33 | 45.0% |
| 6216w7tk | “The Investment the Public Makes in Higher Education,” Legislative Breakfast, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho | 58 | 26 | 32 | 44.8% |
| 6gq6m6cw | Invited 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.C | 55 | 20 | 35 | 36.4% |
| 3nt4n1j5 | Remarks to the Presidents Council, National Association for Land Grant Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC | 48 | 18 | 30 | 37.5% |
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