Michigan State University Economics Professor and former Dean of the Honors College, Dr. Ronald Fisher, is interviewed by retired MSU Professor Pauline Adams

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Michigan State University Economics Professor and former Dean of the Honors College, Dr. Ronald Fisher, talks about his childhood and youth in upstate New York and growing up in a Sears and Roebuck kit house built by his grandfather. He explains how he came to MSU for his undergraduate work in chemistry and then went to graduate school, majoring in economics, at Brown University. Fisher compares living on the east coast to mid-west living, describes the differences in the teaching environment now and 40 years ago, how students have changed, how the character of universities has changed, how universities are funded, and why tuition is rising. Fisher also talks about his eleven years with the MSU Honors College and says that he believes it attracts high caliber students to the Unviversity. Fisher is interviewed by retired MSU Professor Pauline Adams for the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.

Date Issued:

2014-09-11T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

United States

Subject Topic:

Childhood and youth, Knowledge and learning, Faculty, College teaching, and Education, Higher

Subject Name:

Fisher, Ronald C., Fisher, Ronald C., Fisher, Ronald C., and Michigan State University

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

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https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m59c6t98m