The College of Education at Texas A & M University, 1969 to 1988 : the transition years /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1988.
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| Online Access: | ProQuest, Abstract Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | On September 1, 1969, the Department of Education in the College of Arts and Sciences became the College of Education at Texas A&M University. Dean Frank W. R. Hubert led the college through the first 10 years of growth and development. The organization was built by people with vision who are now a part of its history. Many of the educators who planted the seeds have remained to reap the benefits of the ideas they sowed and nurtured in the early years. This naturalistic oral history from 1969 through 1988 continued a thesis by Lorene Roby in 1967 which traced teacher education at Texas A&M from 1913 through the years of Dr. Paul Hensarling's leadership in the Department of Education and Psychology. For 75 years, administrators and faculty have worked together to fulfill the three-fold mission of the land grant university--teaching, research, and service. As one of ten colleges at Texas A&M University, the College of Education has reflected the growth of the university and has gained national recognition by using its resources to teach, inquire, and serve educational Communities on state, national, and international levels. This study, through a series of taped interviews, tapped the wealth of primary human sources whose insights into the events, changes, and developments traced the college from its earliest foundations to its 20-year milestone. The audio cassettes of the deans and faculty remain in the Oral History Archives of the Sterling Evans Library at Texas A&M University. When Frank W. R. Hubert became chancellor of the Texas A&M University System in 1979, a national search brought a new dean to the College of Education. Since July 1980, Dean Dean C. Corrigan has led the college through continued growth and new visions for the future. Present leaders and faculty who have lived through many transitions and educational reforms continue adapting to changing needs. The contributions of all these visionaries remain a part of the legacy of this college. Their thoughts and feelings, as they worked within the departmental structure of the organization, provided a narrative which supplemented written documents. Those who have responded to political, economic and sociological changes in the past are planting the new seeds which will bear fruit and launch the college into the 21st century. |
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| Item Description: | Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Educational Administration." |
| Physical Description: | xi, 230 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-162). |