Talk:History of Georgia Tech/to do
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- Lead: Explain what happened to the school from 1901 to 1980.
- Establishment:
- Some context on industries would be relevant. Was someone espousing this view or is it just a historical perspective? What was Georgia doing to industrialize or de-agrarianize? What were neighboring states doing with regards to education and industrialization that might have been influential? What industries were important or prevalent? (railroads, telegraphs, mechanized farming, food processing, etc.)
- Was GT intended to be an important educational component within a larger framework of industrialization (which you imply) or just a vocational school? If the latter, then some mention of the founding mission or charter would be appropriate.
- Cquote the mission as stated in the bill that established the school
- Technological university:
- Mention the 1929 Rose Bowl.
- What is the distinction between a trade school and a university? If it's research programs and advanced degrees, then the reader should know when these are introduced.
- Further explain the development of the School of Commerce.
- What was the impact of the Great Depression? Expand the creation of the Board of Regents and the controversy surrounding the removal of the Commerce School. (Engineering the New South, page 175)
- How was GT "swiftly enlisted" for the war effort (World War II) other than providing young men?
- Add The Cocking Affair, as that surely affected Georgia Tech. See also: Eugene Talmadge.
- This is discussed at length in ENS 193-200 and DHWG 206-212
- Integration:
- Expand paragraph about women. Add info from Helen Grenga, Tech’s first female professor, dies
- What's this about a Southern Technical Institute's contributions to WW2 after the section on WW2? What's this about a split in 1981 within a section about integration in the 1950s?
- There has to be a lot more history on the racial integration of the university beyond "the student body voted to endorse all qualified applications" and some guy closing his restaurant in protest. Presidential addresses, dissension among the board of trustees, student group opposition, politicking in the legislature or governor's mansion, lessons from the U[sic]GA forced integration.
- Expansion into modern-day west campus: Webb, Chris. "Hemphill’s heyday ended with westward campus growth", The Technique, 2003-03-14. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
- Reorganization and Expansion:
- Certainly vocational schools weren't expressly founded to conduct scientific research, but many like MIT, Caltech, GT, VT, Texas A&M, Michigan State, etc. came into this capacity. By the 1920s and 1930s, many American colleges and universities were emulating German and French research universities by funding faculty research and graduate programs. Other schools emphasized it after WW2. When did the shift to graduate education begin, what were early programs, etc?
- Covered in ENS 357 onwards; during Van Leer's term went from 6 grads to 300
- What the hell happened to the end of the 1960s and entire decade of the 70s? Nothing about Vietnam protests, women's rights, environmentalism, civil rights?
- ENS 342 onwards
- Women: ENS 348
- Apparently President Pettit served for 14 years but didn't do anything to warrant mention, even being inaugurated or stepping down for any reason. Looking back, likewise for Van Leer and Harrison.
- There must have been more costs and benefits involved with the Crecine reorganization than just management style to warrant such narrow approval margins. That crytpically-worded cquote about being under fire should probably be a citation, not a prominently displayed feature of the article because it provides absolutely no depth or context.
- I imagine GT was just as affected by budgetary belt-tightening during the 80s and 90s, how did they respond? (tuition increases, program cutbacks, etc)
- I definitely want to hear more about how the Olympic Village was secured, the construction and changes impacting the campus and community, boost in admissions after being featured prominently, etc. Look at the NGE article for more info: Olympic Games in 1996. New Georgia Encyclopedia. University of Georgia Press. Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- Future:
