Richard C. Atkinson was named president of the University of California in August 1995, barely four weeks after the UC Regents voted to end affirmative action. How he dealt with the admissions warsthe political, legal, and academic consequences of that historic and controversial decision, as well as the issue of governanceis discussed in this book. Another focus is the entrepreneurial universitythe expansion of the University s research enterprise into new forms of scientific research with industry during Atkinson s presidency. The final crisis of his administration was the prolonged...