Interview with A. D. Albright, November 29, 1988

Partial Transcript: We, um, ended up last time talking about the community colleges.

Segment Synopsis: Albright talks about Ellis Ford Hartford, Dean of the Kentucky Community Colleges, and how hard he worked to get the community colleges up and running.

Keywords: Achieve; Advocates; Creative; Deliberate; Ellis Hartford; Ideas; Intelligent; Persistent; Scholars; Start; Unorganized

Subjects: College administrators; College department heads; Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Educational change--Kentucky; School management and organization; Universities and colleges--Administration.

Partial Transcript: I guess it was, um--I don't know quite how to put this.

Segment Synopsis: Albright talks about how certain programs are needed in higher education. He also talks about the funding for a community college. Albright talks about vocational programs offered in high schools and technical institutes.

Keywords: Establishment; Expansion; Funding; Initiate; Program recession; Vocational programs

Subjects: College costs; College facilities--Planning.; Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Educational change--Kentucky; School management and organization; Universities and colleges--Administration.; Universities and colleges.

Partial Transcript: Now that brings on a problem with reference to the relationships between the community colleges and the state-operated, uh, vocational schools.

Segment Synopsis: Albright explains the relationship between community colleges and state-operated vocational schools, and how they differ and are somewhat similar.

Keywords: Board of education; Differences; Problems; Process; Secondary vocational schools; Separate; Technical programs; Two-year programs

Subjects: Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Educational change--Kentucky; School management and organization; Universities and colleges--Administration.; Universities and colleges--Curricula.; Universities and colleges.

Partial Transcript: It's int--uh, you know, there was a segment on CBS News last night about...

Segment Synopsis: Albright says that community colleges adopted a lot of the ways of the technical system and they weren’t much different. They talk about a new facility across from a technical institute and how it deals with robotics. He is asked about the merging of technical schools and community colleges. He also talks about why he picked a technical institute to be built in Lexington instead of a community college. He discusses the fusion of community and technical colleges.

Keywords: Cincinnati (Ohio); Communication; Developed; Differences; Economic development; English; Expand opportunities; Fayette County (Ky.); Lexington Technical Institute; Manufacturing; Mathematics; Mergers; Merging; Names; New facility; Qualifications; Results; Robotics; Separate; Separation; Similarities; Tasks; Teams; Technical colleges; Technical education; Time

Subjects: College majors; Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Educational change--Kentucky; School management and organization; School management and organization.; Universities and colleges--Administration.; Universities and colleges--Curricula.; Universities and colleges.

Partial Transcript: But did you see, uh--did you think that, uh, selective admission would be coming to the Lexington campus fairly soon...

Segment Synopsis: Albright speaks on the selective admissions on the Lexington campus of the University of Kentucky.

Keywords: Early; Enrollment; Politics; Selective; Time; Top-grade university

Subjects: College applications.; Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Education--Political aspects; Educational change--Kentucky; School management and organization; Universities and colleges--Administration.; Universities and colleges--Admission; Universities and colleges.; University of Kentucky

Partial Transcript: Course, uh, we've, uh, we've alluded to the, uh, discussion about the merger of UK and UofL...

Segment Synopsis: Albright speaks about trying to put a community college in Louisville and how that would help the community, but how the lack of funding would be a problem.

Keywords: Associated with University of Kentucky; Community college-type programs; Funds; Jefferson County (Ky.); Presence

Subjects: College campuses.; Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Educational change--Kentucky; Louisville (Ky.); School management and organization; Universities and colleges--Administration.; Universities and colleges--Finance; Universities and colleges.

Partial Transcript: So how was the decision made not to give the--I mean, money had to be allocated...

Segment Synopsis: Albright talks about the decision-making process regarding whether a new community college in Kentucky would be associated with UK or UofL. Albright says that the relationship between UK and UofL isn’t very good, but wasn’t much of a problem considering that many still came to UK from Louisville.

Keywords: Attention; Distance; Enrollment; Fayette County (Ky.); Fear; Funding; Help; Interest; Jefferson County (Ky.); Lexington (Ky.); Louisville (Ky.); Municipal institutions; No competition; Power; Public institutions; State funding; UK affiliation; UofL; Want

Subjects: Campus planning.; College costs.; Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Educational change--Kentucky; School management and organization; Universities and colleges--Administration.; Universities and colleges--Admission; Universities and colleges--Finance; Universities and colleges.; University of Kentucky; University of Louisville

Partial Transcript: What about the role of the Binghams?

Segment Synopsis: Albright says that the relationship between UK and the Binghams was not good at all until UK president Jack Oswald mended the bond and brought them together.

Keywords: Bingham family; Bonds; Distant; Dr. John Oswald; Dr. Thomas D. Clark; Effort; Interest in community colleges; Jack Oswald; Location; Public; Public education; Strength; Strengthening the community colleges; UofL interest

Subjects: College benefactors; Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Educational change--Kentucky; School management and organization; Universities and colleges--Administration.; Universities and colleges--Finance; Universities and colleges--History; Universities and colleges--Public relations; Universities and colleges.; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky.; University of Louisville

Partial Transcript: Now there was a--there--it never showed its head really but it was there I'm pretty sure: a political matter with reference to Spindletop.

Segment Synopsis: Albright talks about politics in Kentucky.

Keywords: Election campaigns; Forgiveness; Governors; Liars; National television

Subjects: College teachers--Political activity; Education--Political aspects; Kentucky--Politics and government; Kentucky.; Universities and colleges--Faculty.

Partial Transcript: And it's, uh, and it's j--you know, it's still so present, this, uh, relationship to Louisville...

Segment Synopsis: Albright talks more about the relationship between UK and Louisville and how close they’ve become, even with the rivalry.

Keywords: 1950s; 1960s; Debates; History; Overcome; Relationships; Rivalries; UK; UofL

Subjects: Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Educational change--Kentucky; Kentucky.; Louisville (Ky.); School management and organization; Universities and colleges--Administration.; Universities and colleges.; University of Kentucky; University of Louisville

Partial Transcript: In the, uh, in the little bit of time we have left I wanted to get back to that community college development...

Segment Synopsis: Albright discusses whether the Kentucky community colleges' libraries would be connected to UK libraries.

Keywords: Departments; Faculty; Policies; Qualifications; Tied together; UK libraries

Subjects: Academic libraries.; Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Educational change--Kentucky; School management and organization; Universities and colleges--Administration.; Universities and colleges--Departments; Universities and colleges--Faculty.; Universities and colleges.; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky. Libraries

Partial Transcript: There was, uh, also an opinion on campus that the community colleges, uh, ought to be feeders for the university.

Segment Synopsis: Albright gives his opinions on whether community colleges were feeders for the University of Kentucky.

Keywords: Feeder systems; Feeders; Opinions; Other institutions; Predominant choice; UK

Subjects: College choice; Community colleges--Administration; Education, Higher--Kentucky; Educational change--Kentucky; School management and organization; Universities and colleges--Administration.; Universities and colleges.; University of Kentucky