Interview with Charles Shearer, January 10, 2007

Interview Summary

Oral history with Charles Shearer, accounting professor, Henderson Community and Technical College. Interview discusses Shearer's start at Henderson Community College in 1967 and his activities as volunteer coach of the mens basketball team. Shearer recounts early campus construction and faculty as well as programs and other intramurals offered at the college. Early emphasis on transfer from the two to four year institutions is also described. Shearer describes the students at Henderson he taught. He also relates a story about the Mountain Dew Festival basketball tournament in Prestonsburg Kentucky. Concludes interview listing the cultural events promoted by the college on campus as well as in the community and teaching commitment of community college faculty.

Interview Keyword

Community College community college system Higher education Higher Education in Kentucky

Interview LC Subject

Community colleges--Administration Community colleges--History Community colleges--Kentucky Education, Higher Henderson Community and Technical College Shearer, Charles L. Shearer, Charles L.--Interviews

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