Interview with Beth Hilliard, October 24, 2007
Project: Community Colleges of Kentucky: Metamorphosis, 1998-2008, Decade of Progress of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Oral History Project
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Beth Hilliard (Senior Executive Assistant to the President, Assistant Board Secretary) was a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System's (KCTCS) transition team and has been a KCTCS employee since 1998. In this interview, Hilliard discusses her background in state government and as executive assistant to Jim Ramsey, who was chairman of the transition team and the State Budget Director in 1997. She speaks about the establishment of the transition team and the board, her previous work with Governor Patton, and the implementation of the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act, HB1. Hilliard also talks about the presidential search, finding Dr. McCall, and her current duties working with the board, the president's leadership team and the president's cabinet.Interview Accession
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Charles Wethington Community College community college history community college system Crit Luallen Governor Paul Patton Higher education Jeff Hockaday Jim Ramsey KCTCS Kentucky Community and Technical College System Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 President Michael McCall Technical Colleges University of KentuckyInterview Rights
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Hilliard, Beth Interview by Margaret Lane. 24 Oct. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hilliard, B. (2007, October 24). Interview by M. Lane. Community Colleges of Kentucky: Metamorphosis, 1998-2008, Decade of Progress of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hilliard, Beth, interview by Margaret Lane. October 24, 2007, Community Colleges of Kentucky: Metamorphosis, 1998-2008, Decade of Progress of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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