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The increasing complexity of teaching and research poses significant challenges for public universities. The University of California, Berkeley, might provide a successful model for the 21st century.

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Figure 1

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Figure 2: International graduate students at UC Berkeley.
Figure 3: Mean faculty salary gap between Berkeley and peer private institutions.

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  1. Robert J. Birgeneau is in the Office of the Chancellor, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, California 94720-1500, USA. chancellor@berkeley.edu,

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Birgeneau, R. A modern public university. Nature Mater 6, 465–467 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1935

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