Interview with A. D. Albright, November 15, 1990

Project: A.D. Albright Oral History Project

Interview Summary

In this last interview, A.D. Albright discusses university restructuring. He states that undergraduate education needs improvement, and he explains his views that a doctoral degree may not be truly needed for all professors teaching at the undergraduate level. He examines the growing emphasis towards decentralization of higher education and believes that universities are becoming more politicized. Albright also talks about presidential searches, particularly the search at the University of Kentucky after the resignation of David Roselle. He explains the factors that go into the hiring of a university president.

Interview Accession

1990oh322_af422

Interviewee Name

A. D. Albright

Interviewer Name

Terry L. Birdwhistell

Interview Date

1990-11-15

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Albright, A. D. Interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. 15 Nov. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Albright, A.D. (1990, November 15). Interview by T. L. Birdwhistell. A.D. Albright Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Albright, A. D., interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. November 15, 1990, A.D. Albright Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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