Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Education (1971-?)

Organization

Historical Note

The College of Education officially came into existence on 1 July 1971. A Department of Education had existed in the College of Arts and Sciences since 1965. However, prior to that time, courses and degree programs in various types of education had been offered throughout VPI's history: Agricultural Education (1918); Business Education (1950); Distributive Education (1954); Physical Education (1921); Home Economics Education (1921); Industrial Arts Education (1946); and Vocational Industrial Education (1921). In 1951, a Master of Education degree was approved by the Board of Visitors, but work towards the degree at the VPI campus had been restricted to vocational areas and for other areas students did the work at Radford.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

College of Education History Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Ms-1990-026

Scope and Content Oral history interviews regarding the history of the College of Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Interviews were conducted in November-December 1989 by the students of Dr. Patrick Carlton, Associate Professor of Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Interviewees were Karl T. Hereford, first dean of the College of Education; Fred J. Brieve; Lyle Kinnear; Richard L. Lynch; Carl McDaniels; and Wayne H. Worner. Materials consist of...

Dates: 1970 - 1990

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

College of Education Restructuring Records

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2006-020

Abstract Publicly circulated e-mails, reports, and meeting handouts that served as major communications during the restructuring of Virginia Tech's College of Education. Also contains transcripts of speeches given by officials as well as some meetings, and field notes by Jan Nespor of meetings with the "task forces." Also contains materials relating to the immediate response to Virginia Tech President Paul Torgersen's decision and the early planning for the merger with the College of Human Resources....

Dates: 1979 - 1996