From rangeland to research university : the birth of the University of California, Merced
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From rangeland to research university : the birth of the University of California, Merced
(New directions for higher education, no. 139)
Jossey-Bass, 2007
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"Fall 2007"
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction : why a new research university at Merced? / Karen Merritt
- A delicate dance / Carol Tomlinson-Keasey
- A fragile birth / Lindsay A. Desrochers
- Building academic distinction in a Twenty-First-Century research university / David B. Ashley
- Building the school of engineering / Jeff R. Wright
- Creating the infrastructure for graduate education and research at a new research university / Keith E. Alley
- Creating a research signature : the Sierra Nevada Research Institute / Sam Traina
- Connecting academic and student services / Jane Fiori Lawrence
- Student and residence life : planning a campus around students / Valery Oehler
- Creating an academic library for the Twenty-First Century / Donald A. Barclay
- What was it like ? Being in the pioneer class at UC Merced / Lisa Perry
- UC Merced's inaugural class / Nacy Ochsner
- Conclusion : lessons learned / Karen Merritt, Jane Fiori Lawrence
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Description
The creation of the University of California, Merced, raised a series of questions: What would ensure that the tenth campus would take its place with the other nine University of California campuses as a center of educational and research distinction? What would make the campus stand out as a modern research university? What would make it unique and distinctive? What would ensure success in meeting expectations for attracting and graduating students, especially the many educationally at-risk, low-income, ethnically diverse students from the San Joaquin Valley? Underlying all these questions was the critical issue of figuring out how a new research university could be funded in an era when state support for higher education was dropping across the nation. This issue of New Directions for Higher Education tells the story. This is the 139th issue of the Jossey Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education.
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