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Adkins discussed his childhood in Eastern Kentucky; his basketball career at Morehead State University; his election in 1986 as one of the youngest members ever to serve in the state General Assembly; his work as House Majority Leader; efforts to reform higher education in Kentucky and the contentions surrounding those efforts; his working relationship with KCTCS; and the system?s impact on Eastern Kentucky, particularly related to the Kentucky Coal Academy and the partnerships between KCTCS and industrial parks throughout the state. He also offered an assessment of Michael McCall?s presidency.

Interview Accession

2014oh232_cc102

Interviewee Name

Rocky Adkins

Interviewer Name

James Savage

Interview Date

2014-08-26

Interview LC Subject

Education, Higher--Kentucky

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Adkins, Rocky Interview by James Savage. 26 Aug. 2014. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Adkins, R. (2014, August 26). Interview by J. Savage. Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Adkins, Rocky, interview by James Savage. August 26, 2014, Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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