Stanford Faculty Oral History Project Interview

Background: Stanford Oral History Program

https://exhibits.stanford.edu/oral-history/catalog/pq707sp4393

Kirst, Michael W.
AUTHOR:
Kirst, Michael W.
PUBLISHER:
Stanford Historical Society
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR:
Diamond, Diana
DATE CREATED:
January 28, 2013
TYPE OF RESOURCE:
Mixed material
ABSTRACT:
Michael W. Kirst discussed his more than forty years of work in national, state, local and academic issues in education. He looked at the problems he had seen in California’s education system, his work as president of the State Board of Education both in the late 1970s and since 2011, and his role at Stanford in shaping the School of Education which has recently been renamed the Stanford Graduate School of Education, and some of its courses. Kirst also talked about the problems of training, hiring and firing teachers, and whether early teacher tenure (for example, after two years of teaching) was a good idea. The union influence was strong, he noted.
PREFERRED CITATION:
Michael W. Kirst (2013). Oral history. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/pq707sp4393
CONTACT:
cglasser@stanford.edu
COLLECTION:
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2017
RELATED ITEM:
Finding aid
SUBJECT:
Michael Kirst
Stanford Historical Society
Oral histories
Interviews
California Department of Education
California State Board of Education
Education Economics
Policy Analysis for California Education
Stanford University School of Education
Access conditions
USE AND REPRODUCTION:
The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).

Overview

This interview was carried out by the Stanford Oral History Program, sponsored by the Stanford Historical Society and the Stanford University Archives. The Stanford Oral History Program is under the direction of the Oral History Committee of the Stanford Historical Society. The interview was conducted in 2013 by Diana Diamond, newspaper columnist/editor, and former special assistant to the president of the university, the dean of the School of Medicine, and the CEO of Stanford University Hospital. The transcript and recording are part of a collection of oral history interviews documenting the history of the University and the experiences, accomplishments, and viewpoints of members of the Stanford community.

The transcript was lightly edited by program staff and by Michael W. Kirst to correct grammar and occasional inaccuracies and to aid in overall readability, while maintaining the interviewee’s voice as well as the substantive content of the interview. As a result of this process, the transcript does not match the recording verbatim. In the case a substantive deletion was made, it would be so indicated where appropriate on the transcript. The oral history itself is an authentic account of the remembered past, but as memory and meaning vary from person to person, the interview may inadvertently include factual errors or discrepancies.

All uses of the interview transcript are covered by a legal agreement between Michael W. Kirst and the Stanford Oral History Program. The transcript is thereby made available for scholarly purposes in the Stanford University Archives. The copyright to the transcript including the right to publish is reserved to Stanford University. No part of the transcript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Stanford University Archivist or his/her representative.

Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the University Archivist at the Stanford University Archives, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, and should include specific passages to be quoted, anticipated use of the passages, and identification of the user.

This oral history should be cited as “Michael W. Kirst, Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program Interviews (SC0932). Department of Special Collections & University Archives, Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources, Stanford, Calif.”