Oral history interview with James "Jim" Baxter Hunt, Jr., 2012
Abstract
Four-term governor of North Carolina from 1977-1985, 1993-2001; invited to join Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees; interest in early childhood education; development and efficacy of programs: Smart Start, Teachers for a New Era, Small Schools movement, charter schools, Opportunity Equation; influential colleagues at Carnegie Corporation: Thomas H. Kean, Admiral James B. Watkins, Sa m Nunn, Governor Richard W. Riley, Michele Cahill, Bruce Alberts, Vartan Gregorian, Carnegie Corporation staff; current involvement with Hunt Institute for Education Leadership and Policy; Carnegie Corporation goals under leadership of Vartan Gregorian; role of risk in education reform; evaluation methods for student, teacher and school; comparison of design and efficacy of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top programs; Carnegie Corporation goal to help regain American international prominence in education and immigration reform.
Education; Governors; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Political activity; Endowments; Hunt, James Baxter; Gregorian, Vartan; Carnegie Corporation of New York
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2012
Physical Description
28 pages. + index; 1 digital audio file (60 min.)
Note (Biographical)
Former Governor of North Carolina.
Note
Interviewed by Myron Farber on September 17, 2012.
Note (Provenance)
Gift of James B. Hunt, Jr
Note (Copyright)
Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2013.