Oral history interview with Thomas Raymond McConnell, 1967.

Biographical Note

Educator.

Scope and Contents

Academic career: University of Minnesota, University of Buffalo, Berkeley; chairmanship of Carnegie-funded programs of study in higher education: 1949-50, Laboratory for Research in Social Relations, 1948 comparative study of British universities, feasibility study of undergraduate advance placement examinations, 1955 THE DIVERSIFICATION OF AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION, 1954-66 RESTUDY OF NEEDS OF CALIFORNIA IN HIGHER EDUCATION; opinions on Carnegie grant management, Center for Study of Higher Education, Berkeley student activism, Free Speech movement 1960s.

Subjects

• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.
• Education--Research.
• Educators--Interviews.
• Grossner, Isabel S., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• McConnell, T. R. (Thomas Raymond), 1901-1989--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Students--Political activity.