Kevin J. Morris oral history collection, 1996-1997, bulk 1996.

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Kevin J. Morris oral history collection, 1996-1997, bulk 1996.

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This collection contains twelve cassettes that document interviews conducted by Kevin J. Morris during research for his 1997 Clemson dissertation entitled A History of the South Carolina Technical Education System, 1961-1991. Common topics of interest include: the caliber of student that the technical school system aimed for, admission of African American students, demographics (specifically related to gender changes over the years), attempts by technical institutions to become four-year colleges, controversy over whether or not to include "junior college" or "technical school" in institutional names, questions and politics concerning the physical placement of technical schools within the state of South Carolina, insight into how institutional missions and curricula where determined, changes in marketing strategies regarding public awareness, the economic impact that the technical school system has afforded South Carolina, and the tenures of both Julio Bortolazzo and Charlie Parker as Executive Directors of the State Committee for Technical Education.

.11 cu. ft., 1 box.

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7969904

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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