Technology and the Dream
Subtitle: Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999
Edition: Har/Cdr edition
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: January 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1054
ISBN-13: 9780262232128
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Black studies; Teaching of ethnic minorities; Universities / polytechnics; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Second World War, 1939-1945; Blacks In Higher Education; Technology And Society; Technology; Education / Teaching; Sociology; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Higher; History; History / General; General; Multicultural Education; African American college stude; African American college students; Cambridge; Interviews; Massachusetts; Massachusetts Institute of Tec; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Description: "This book grew out of the Blacks at MIT History Project, whose mission is to document the black presence at MIT. The main body of the text consists of transcripts of more than seventy-five oral history interviews, in which the interviewees assess their MIT experience and reflect on the role of blacks at MIT and beyond.

Although most of the interviewees are present or former students, black faculty, administrators, and staff are also represented, as are non-black faculty and administrators who have had an impact on blacks at MIT. The interviewees were selected with an eye to presenting the broadest range of issues and personalities, as well as a representative cross-section by time period and category.".

"Each interviewee was asked to discuss family background; education; role models and mentors; experiences of racism and race-related issues; choice of field and career; goals; adjustment to the MIT environment; best and worst MIT experiences; experience with MIT support services; relationships with MIT students, faculty, and staff; advice to present or potential MIT students; and advice to the MIT administration.

A recurrent theme is that MIT's rigorous teaching instills the confidence to deal with just about any hurdle in professional life, and that an MIT degree opens many doors and supplies instant credibility."--BOOK JACKET.