Influencing K-12 and Higher Education Nationally and Internationally

Parent: Presidential Papers—David Pierpont Gardner

eScholarship stats: History by Item for May through August, 2026

Item	Title	Total requests	2026-08	2026-07	2026-06	2026-05
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	34	35	57	91
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	34	33	59	86
0518t3w3	Organizations and Modern Society	154	37	15	31	71
0zb7z5fc	Managing the American University	142	18	10	26	88
73x744w2	“Report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: a Retrospective View,” Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California	131	33	10	23	65
0vp858vw	A Nation at Risk Third Anniversary Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah	125	20	9	18	78
20s081z7	Geography in the School Curriculum	117	15	17	24	61
2wb1j1xn	Managing Transitions in a Time of Acute Modernity	103	20	10	18	55
9pm2g10q	Education and the American Economy	101	17	11	16	57
3sb0j9fw	"The Governance and Management of American Universities," The Siciliano Lecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City	97	23	7	18	49
93t3t49s	"Our Universities: A Shared Pursuit of Excellence," University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia	94	24	5	17	48
18q6r6r9	Remarks to the International Association of Defense Counsel, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California	92	15	3	16	58
1xg9c2jn	A Time for Re-Examination and Renewal Commitment	92	10	9	24	49
5rr4729g	“Excellence and Institutional Mission: Focusing on Quality,” Eighty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Chicago, Illinois	91	19	11	17	44
9h28m267	“Reflections on the Basic Purposes of Schooling," University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia	89	21	17	13	38
7xq962f2	Excellence and Equality of Opportunity	86	16	8	10	52
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	23	4	12	45
5b03q6n0	“Educational Excellence and the American High School,” Conference: The American High School Today and Tomorrow, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California	82	11	13	15	43
9sb3p9nh	Higher Education and the New Technologies,” Sixth International Conference on Higher Education, University of Lancaster, Lancaster England	82	15	10	11	46
2ft3z5wk	"Excellence in Graduate Education and Research,” Western Association of Graduate Schools, Monterey, California	76	11	10	15	40
7rv2n91z	“Universities and the Global Marketplace,” National Academy of Engineering, UC Irvine, California	75	15	6	17	37
7v1766zz	Statement to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, US Senate, on A Nation at Risk, Washington, DC	75	29	6	11	29
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	19	6	11	36
1dm2k9nf	“Education and America’s Future,” Financial Executives Institute, San Francisco, California	71	13	8	10	40
2vm5k081	Fulfilling Our Expectations	71	20	5	9	37
501251h1	Excellence in Education: a Brief Analysis of the Problems	71	21	5	9	36
8h6471f5	“Educational Excellence: the Hope of the Future,” Keynote Address, Utah Education Association, Salt Lake City, Utah	70	10	8	12	40
4z08g996	The Report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: How the Nation Responded,” American Academy of Periodontology, San Francisco, California	67	18	5	10	34
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	17	12	7	31
3fd3s761	“Do We Want a Capital ‘U’ in Utah?” Utah Advertising Federation, Salt Lake City, Utah	65	14	5	10	36
2dg7q5g5	Risking the Future: a Report on Science and Math Education in the Public Schools	64	16	2	12	34
3cc210bc	“Forces for Change in the Governance of British and American Universities	64	10	6	14	34
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	15	2	12	33
4rp0d18f	Managing Transitions in a Time of Acute Modernity	61	13	5	10	33
5p28j1cb	Educational Standards: a Moving Target	60	10	5	13	32
6216w7tk	“The Investment the Public Makes in Higher Education,” Legislative Breakfast, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho	58	13	6	8	31
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	18	4	6	27
3nt4n1j5	Remarks to the Presidents Council, National Association for Land Grant Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC	48	11	5	4	28

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