SR_DPI_DNE_Special_Subject_File_B1F9_Curriculum_Expansion_NC_Negro_Colleges_001

January 12, 1950
Memorandum for -- Conference of three Teacher-Education Institutions
From: J. H. Douglass
Re: Future of Teacher Education Institutions
After study of the problems facing the Teacher Education situation in the State (primarily in reference to the oversupply of Negro Elementary Teachers) my thoughts have taken the following vein:
1. Little may be accomplished by entering into direct competition with either A. and T. College or North Carolina State in areas in which they are already equipped to render effective service.
2. Altering our programs so as to eventually become "feeder" institutions for the above institutions, gradually would defeat the need for our institutions -- especially in the time of reduced enrollments (forseeable in the future with Verean enrollment decreasing).
3. The so-called "pre-courses" as areas for expansion possess little validity for those desiring professional work, as there is the great possibility that those who desired such work would seek out the institution where the work could be completed as a continuing experience.
4. Analysis of the problem of oversupply