Deegan, John (tape #16, side a) (Oral History)

Deegan, John (tape #16, side a)

Friel, Jack --interviewer

Tape stock length: 90 min

Running Time: 35 min

The development of the West Side campus from the original planning stages to what they were as of 1976. The problems of student enrollment that plagued the university, what caused them, and what was or was not being done to resolve the issue

Label Contents: 10/29/1976

1976

Danbury (Conn.)--History

Western Connecticut State University

Friel, Jack

Deegan, John

Running Time: 35 min

0-10 Min: purpose for various buildings being built on either campus; Arnold Hanson was Deegan's predecessor which was that of director of planning and institutional research; logistics of Westside campus construction;

10-20 Min: West Side logistics (budget, state legislature etc) continued; 1967 year that WCSU acquired old Danbury high school; the catch 22 of not being allowed to expand on midtown campus due to the West Side campus, but were not being properly funded for Westside construction;

20-30 Min: physical size of WCSU should limit capacity to around 2500 students, but have actually had around 3500 students for the past five years; laments the effects of such a small campus on prospective students; problems of housing being able to meet potential enrollment needs; the diverse nature of student body, in terms of types of students and their levels of studies

30-40 Min: State report, Dober, admits that the Midtown campus is overwhelmed by its student body;