Interview with Ken Walker, November 8, 2007

Project: Community Colleges of Kentucky: Metamorphosis, 1998-2008, Decade of Progress of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Oral History Project

Interview Summary

In this interview, Ken Walker (Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Kentucky Community and Technical College System) discusses the establishment of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) and its evolution under the leadership of Dr. Michael McCall. Walker recounts Governor Paul Patton's efforts to pass the legislation which created KCTCS and remembers some of the issues and personalities involved in its passage. House Bill 1 also established the Council on Postsecondary Education, and at CPE Walker both observed and participated in the transition to the new system. Walker describes his own move to KCTCS in 2000, and reflects on the achievements of the system over the course of its first decade.

Interview Accession

2010oh046_cc073

Interviewee Name

Ken Walker

Interviewer Name

Margaret Lane

Interview Date

2007-11-08

Interview Keyword

Community College community college history community college system Gordon Davies Higher education House Bill 1 KCTCS Kentucky Community and Technical College System LCC Mike McCall Paul Patton Technical Colleges Versailles

Interview LC Subject

Community colleges--Administration Community colleges--History Community colleges--Kentucky Education, Higher Walker, J. Kenneth Walker, J. Kenneth--Interviews

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Walker, Ken Interview by Margaret Lane. 08 Nov. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Walker, K. (2007, November 08). 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.

Walker, Ken, interview by Margaret Lane. November 08, 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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