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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

By Chang Huili<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2004—04—09<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=81919018<br />

By Chang Huili<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong>, Beijing, April 9th 2004 : <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> was honored to have the<br />

president <strong>of</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Albert Carnesale Ph.D. to<br />

deliver a speech at Wanzhong Building this morning.<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Xu Zhihong, president <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> and fellow <strong>of</strong> Chinese Academy <strong>of</strong><br />

Science, addressed the welcome remarks and also shared his visiting experience at<br />

UCLA. Then Dr. Carnesale gave his speech and also answered the questions from<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essors and students.<br />

Dr. Carnesale first gave a general introduction <strong>of</strong> UCLA. And then he concluded four<br />

revolutions for universities, including the change <strong>of</strong> role <strong>of</strong> universities, knowledge<br />

revolution, technology revolution and globalization. He also introduced several models<br />

for American universities to balance the budget.<br />

When asked about the relationship between UCAL and the government, Dr. Carnesale<br />

said that while UCAL was indirectly influenced by the government because the financial<br />

aid from the California state covered 20 percent budget <strong>of</strong> the university, the<br />

government could never tell the university to do things, such as what to teach, whom to<br />

teach and so on.<br />

Albert Carnesale Ph.D. became the 80th president <strong>of</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California at Los<br />

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