Oral history interview with Phillip A. Griffiths, 2013
Abstract
Early education and study of mathematics at U.S. Naval Academy; academic career at University of California Berkeley, Princeton University, Harvard University, Duke University; Institute for Advanced Study (IAS): description as a postdoctoral university, interest in improving K-12 education, completion of Opportunity Equation report, growing interest in science education throughout U.S.; discussion of quality of math and science education in the U.S.; inclusion of practical application in Common Core; development of Next Generation Science Standards; 100Kin10 program and importance of teacher preparedness; concern expressed by teachers over meeting higher standards in classrooms; origin of Science Inititative Group (SIG) at IAS; focus of SIG on Africa through Regional Initiative in Science Education in Africa: outreach to African scientific community, cultivating next generation of African academics; importance of Carnegie Corporation funds to support science education domestically and globally.
Education, Higher; Education--Science; Administrators; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Political activity; Endowments; College teachers--Africa; Griffiths, Phillip, 1938-; Gregorian, Vartan; Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.); Carnegie Corporation of New York
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Origin Information
2013
Physical Description
52 pages + index; 1 digital video file (93 min.); 2 digital audio files
Note (Biographical)
Former Director of Institute for Advanced Study.
Note
Interviewed by Myron Farber on June 25, 2013.
Note (Provenance)
Gift of Phillip A. Griffiths
Note (Copyright)
Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2013.
Language
English
Library Location
Oral History Archives at Columbia, Columbia University