Oral history interview with Phillip A. Griffiths, 2013
- Name
- Griffiths, Phillip, 1938- (Interviewee)
- Farber, Myron (Interviewer)
- Title
- 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.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation project. Part 3
- Subjects
- 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
- Date
- 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
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 10510489
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-e779-cv71
- Related URLs
- Transcript
- Available digital content for this interview.