Oral history interview with Nathan Quiñones [electronic resource], 1995

Biographical Note

Chancellor.

Scope and Contents

Reminiscences of early work experiences in academic administration; appointment as head of New York City high schools; tenure policy; reflections of Anthony Alvardo, financial scandal; media coverage of school system; appointment as chancellor; Board of Education bureaucracy: staff demoralization and conflict; importance of quantifying standards for teachers, schools and students; measures to address dropout rate; reminiscences of Edward I. Koch, Gordon M. Ambach, Robert F. Wagner, Jr., Richard Monroe; Board of Examiners; evaluating policy: class size, holidays, testing in a foreign language, AIDS and contraception education; retirement.

Subjects

• Educators--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Koch, Ed, 1924-2013.
• New York (N.Y.). Mayor.
• Oral histories.
• Quiñones, Nathan--Interviews.
• Soffer, Jonathan, interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1995.