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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524698203321

Autore

Whitson Kathleen Krebbs <1947->

Titolo

Bill Jason Priest, community college pioneer / / Kathleen Krebbs Whitson ; foreword by Edmund J. Gleazer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denton, TX, : University of North Texas Press, c2004

ISBN

1-57441-418-6

1-4337-1005-6

1-4175-9357-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 165 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

370/.92

B

Soggetti

Community college administrators - Texas - Dallas County

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-154) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early influences -- The war years -- The wave swells -- The Dallas story : establishing the district and hiring the president -- Building a national model : the flagship -- Building a national model : then there were seven -- Bill Jason Priest, the man personally and professionally -- Retirement : the end of an era -- Legacies.

Sommario/riassunto

Bill Jason Priest is credited with developing and defining the Dallas County Community College District.Drawing from archives and numerous interviews with Priest and his personal and professional associates, this text presents the life of this  notable figure in Texas education.