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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LOIS EROSS HOTCHKISS
RESTRICTIONS, LITERARY RIGHTS, QUOTATIONS
PREFACE
INTERVIEW HISTORY
INTERVIEW, May 19, 1995
[Tape 1, Side A]
Adult education classes in Los Angeles, California, in the 1930's — Ethnicity
of students — Experiences as woman officer in United States Naval Reserve
during World War II — Adult education leadership in the post war era — Merit
examinations for adult school principal at LAUSD.
[Tape 1, Side B]
State regulation of adult education in the 1950's — Upgrading and
professionalization of adult school teaching staff — Supplemental federal
programs — Part time teacher and tenure issues in adult education — Adult
education teacher preparation programs and curriculum — Experiences as first
woman adult school principal at LAUSD — Other early women in adult education
leadership — Affirmative action initiatives in LAUSD — Organizations promoting
gender equity.
[Tape 2, Side A]
Organizations promoting gender equity, continued — Junior college and adult
school issues — Regional Occupational Centers and Programs in Los Angeles
County — Adult vocational education at LAUSD — Adult English as a Second
Language programs at LAUSD — Changing demographics of adult students at LAUSD —
Adult education changes in response to changing student populations — Federal
adult education programs from World War II through the 1990's.
[Tape 2, Side B]
Role of adult education in the education community in California — Formal
college education contrasted to learning on the job — Reflections of a "woman
ahead of my time."
INDEX
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION