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  • Harold Taylor, scholar and former president of Sarah Lawrence College, talks with Studs Terkel

    Aug. 8, 1965

    An interesting, half-hour interview conducted while Taylor was visiting Chicago on a lecture tour. The two discuss student discontent on campuses across the United States, intellectuals' work in military defense and cynicism among those in the professional-education hierarchy.

  • Educator Harold Taylor talks with Studs Terkel ; part 2

    1965

    A short clip of Studs Interviewing educator Harold Taylor. The two briefly discuss what it would be like for the United States of America to use its resources in a way to become a "vast meeting ground of people," in which American citizens are exposed to a variety of the arts from different cultures in an effort to become a "teacher in the world."

  • Educator Harold Taylor talks with Studs Terkel ; part 1

    1965

    Harold Taylor and Studs look in-depth at the definition of what it means to be a "student," including on-campus protests, gaining life experience by teaching and challenging the mainstream social order. Includes a brief reading from Taylor's speech, "Preparation of American Teachers in the Field of World Affairs."

  • Dr. Harold Taylor sits down with Studs Terkel

    May. 24, 1962

    Educator and lecturer Harold Taylor discusses with Studs a variety of higher-education related topics, including being students being politically aware, on-campus activism and the role of instructors in students' lives.

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