The interview focuses on Martin's experience as College President following the long tenure of his predecessor Roscoe L. West. Topics include his initiatives to take the college in a different direction, expanding the student enrollment, bringing in a different type of faculty with degrees from outside the institution, developing international programs to reflect different experiences around the world, introducing broader faculty and student participation in college governance, and loosening up on student regulations. People mentioned include Vernetta Decker, Jim Florio, Franz Geierhaas, Velma Haydon, Warren Hill, Felix Hirsch, Connie Johnson, Mike Kline, Bertha Lawrence, Jim Moore, Dorothy Peterson, Fred Raubinger, Mike Smith, and Mike Travers.

NJVID Commons Collection, TCNJ Library Collection

Martin, Edwin Lester--Interviews, Trenton State College--Presidents--Interviews, Trenton State College--History, Trenton State College--Administration, TCNJ oral history collection, Biography, Education

Martin, Edwin Lester (interviewee), Brower, Clayton R. (interviewer), Richard P. Matthews Living History Collection (contributor)

00:55:44 (HH:MM:SS)

English

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