Project Summary

This series documents the history of higher education and education reform in Kentucky with interviews of Gordon Davies, former president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, and an interview with John A. Roush, president of Centre College. Topics include community colleges, Paul Patton, Charles Wethington, Lee Todd, University of Kentucky, comprehensive universities, Kentucky politics, Kentucky social and economic conditions (culture of poverty), Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), Jeff Hockaday, impact of transformational gifts on institutions of higher education, university fund raising.