Reminiscences of David G. Beanland : oral history, 2006.

Biographical Note

Vice Chancellor of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Scope and Contents

Early life in Yallourn and Box Hill, Australia; education as an electrical engineer; teaching and becoming head of department at Caulfield Technical College and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [RMIT]; development of Australian higher education system; Charles F. Feeney's funding for RMIT in Australia and Vietnam; development and challenges of RMIT in Vietnam; experimental teaching methods in Vietnam; Learning Resource Centers in Vietnam; Atlantic Philanthropies' [AP] changing priorities with regards to higher education; interactions with AP Board of Directors at 2001 meeting in Vietnam.

Subjects

• Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization)
• Beanland, D. G.--Interviews.
• Education, Higher--Australia.
• Education, Higher--Vietnam.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)
• Starecheski, Amy, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

Access Conditions

Copyright held by: The Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York and The Atlantic Philanthropies, 2007.