Oral history interview with Thomas Raymond McConnell, 1967
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- Name
- McConnell, T. R. (Thomas Raymond), 1901-1989 (Interviewee)
- Grossner, Isabel S (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Thomas Raymond McConnell, 1967
- Abstract
- Academic career: University of Minnesota, University of Buffalo, Berkeley; chairmanship of Carnegie-funded programs of study in higher education: 1949-50, Laboratory for Research in Social Relations, 1948 comparative study of British universities, feasibility study of undergraduate advance placement examinations, 1955 THE DIVERSIFICATION OF AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION, 1954-66 RESTUDY OF NEEDS OF CAL IFORNIA IN HIGHER EDUCATION; opinions on Carnegie grant management, Center for Study of Higher Education, Berkeley student activism, Free Speech movement 1960s.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 1
- Subjects
- Educators; Education--Research; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations; Students--Political activity; McConnell, T. R. (Thomas Raymond), 1901-1989; Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Origin Information
- 1967
- Physical Description
- sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit); 90 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Educator.
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction of audio funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Audio digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010.
- Interviewed by Isabel S. Grossner on June 7 and 9, 1967.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Oral History Archives at Columbia, Columbia University
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ez0q-x098