Program 3; Land Grant Centennial Interviews

On July 2nd 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Land Grant Act which made public lands available to states and territories in support of colleges to promote liberal and practical education. Under this Act the doors of colleges and universities were open to all with the ability and will to learn irrespective of heredity occupation or economic status. Today there are sixty eight land grant universities and colleges located throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. In this the centennial year of the first land grant act these institutions are assessing and evaluating the services they provide in teaching research and extension work. But the work of the land grant institutions is not restricted by national boundaries and these institutions are deeply involved in international programs in order to emphasize the international purpose of land grant institutions. Some 34 foreign lecturers and scholars are now in the United States teaching studying and observing the work of the land grab institutions. In this series of programs you will hear some of these visiting lecturers and students discussing their work their native

lands and their impressions of this country. These recorded interviews were provided by members of the National Association of educational broadcasters and are distributed by the end of the Radio Network. Our guest today is Dr Kay Kay Tong of the Republic of China who is spending this year at Michigan State University as a land grant Centennial lecturer in mechanical engineering. The interviewer is Joseph Johnson. Dr Chung can we begin by having you tell me a little bit about your personal background where you were educated so forth. Yes MIT pleasure center for make education from the nation university in Shanghai. It came to the United States to attend them. I hate to say that he ceded to my master's degree in mechanical engineering this mess maybe is my line and. Then I went there. KING They want time capital of China to serve that's it they let their hit power research led by tele nation Oh

below that's to you. Research two years later I join the difficulty of nation I was then to university and in 1948 when I fled the company's district in men there. It seems October 1940. I have been to visit a nation of Khyber University. First as their professor then is the head of mechanical engineering department. Between 1950 to 1959 and finally as the dean of engineering since 1955 he may have been 1958 I was sent out applied by the university to have an observation to engineering education and that too were I visited 25 American colleges and universities in SLI and half mans And this week a six year low peon countries combined have mines. This is my third time to be in the

United Stats. I came as a length grand Centennial became professor as mich going State University proud academic year 1961 62 teaching process. You know he put man there mechanical engineering and that's probably in the length brained idea of M M S U A pioneer length and used it to use it. This is a Since this is not your first trip since you've been here before. Did you notice anything particularly strikingly different this time did you notice anything new that you didn't notice when you were here before. Oh yeah been there many challenges indeed. Well I tell you. Well when they weren't the first United States and at this pace age you know has been making OS effort to lead the world you know explanation out of this space. Sagan the engineering colleges in the United Stats only

get to a science. It's a comment that by the American Society for engineering education they come in Beijing he's made it to Plan B was engineering thank you I said TDD to mitigate future earnings after graduation. Good recall is has been made to pay the mission has it taken as PTEN PNC PBS here. Thereby you did lecture and demonstration can be extended to end and limit the size of audience. Well if I were to go to Taiwan now what would strike me most what would strike a visitor most United States going to Taiwan. Well there may be. Some scene that that would strike you to first place. Well there may be a sea of the U.S. first one in three China and people who enjoyed the milky way of politics

their members in their legislature can be critical of the government. This is much stimulus to the United States. She slashed his speech people to get their me a scenic Alaska February 24th they laid place Ethan who share your indicated he's the sorry year to make it known to all the Chinese scholars in the United States that China has been exercising a Democrat politics. He's taken out his stand in the fluency in social system between the United States and free China. Lang seemed to evade the age of the people who came out in China at the age people had taken or taking care of by Abia own families their children and grandchildren have the obligation to take care off and do it came on the air patterns angry and patterns we have in China's so-called If back

system what is the use them of electronics but a system a human family under such a system that form of dependence and now do take their turn to be penned up are. Bird at the end you look as a nation have a neighbors Yuuki span at their universities in China we don't have permanent but if they could get kind of names have a dubiously new every two years and cut in the prosecutions as they called it and had to be paid men have to be named every year where you went to school in a land grant university at MIT and you're studying at a studying our land grant system now as well as teaching here at Michigan State University. You notice things about the Land Grant philosophy that you think are particularly applicable to National Taiwan University some similarities could you give me some impression of me. So you're studying

here. Yes said well I won't be able to. We are delaying Gania state tuition. Michigan State University is TRACON the lending mission that trilogy will for teaching and service the late great and approach of education. They could at least take a feature that is service to the confines of the campus. But ice 10 day to the immediate communities to their stead they'll meet again. Put it in play and it has stairs and increasingly to the whole world. So do the activities of your experiment station. Couple it as tension services continuing education service and the entire nation know programs their season and Su project in Taiwan must they have as tender lamebrained pledge of education to free China slew the

NTEU College of Agriculture and their PC you college of agriculture. Do you think that will make any recommend any changes when you get back to the National Taiwan University from things that you noticed while you've been here. Oh yes well I sure do. Well when you see there in their case out of college of engineering. Well we were out the fall or should the day of our College of Engineering. Well that only ended that foolish satins is engineering education National Taiwan University quite similar to what it is here. Oh yes. As patiently they say it's over the enrolment. Yes we have about seventeen hundred students and you know college and human just about the same size as here.

Could you tell me some other features about the engineering education or do you have a shortage of engineers in Taiwan as we have here. Well you see the universities now existing in timeline five have either engineering college is a little research institute they are the nation OK when you list these college of engineering they plough been shooting going to university is College of Engineering. They probably issue challenging you name it he's through college I was signings and union in the nation my universities research you you have a new career sans the nation or a child from universities research you just do what you like Tony. Indian Nation No. Tehran University's College of and you nearly in there for departments C.M. mechanical electrical and chemical the enrolment but that it has the force he missed was 1746 me included in sophistry. Beeman

students they will almost be equally divided among the four departments but he might be interesting to know that in the back of this is this the women students was four for this table nine for the mechanical tool for that you let it cool and the only men in 57 for the chemical it would seem to be the women there pretty much like you're not too mechanically inclined there either but that we head for head there. Well they thank us for department of mechanical engineering. We have three of them. Well I need to have a dam and now you know United's test line Haven earned a master's degree. Why would the idea of working for had copulate at sea he is this quite common for women to be in engineering and in China. Well we have many women engineers.

Oh yes but not many other colleagues solve yet what is the proportion of women to manage a National Taiwan University now let you see what they last if forced him a stead that they'd cut the n cut their overall and low men for the end pay university long hours to dead 24 students two hours and 35 binmen students just a bounded 25 per cent of the day. Typo and wrong but there are some other similarities and differences in national life. Taiwan University Michigan State University that you could tell us about you noticed. Yes sir. Well I do simulated games begin and end. Yes you are an N T U I d n Roman are the cream of the high school

graduates in about the same size and no men know the College of Engineering. Among the differences between MSU and t you may be mentioned when the MSU court has seized him and he you absolutely see Mr system. Well I would if the members of MSU have permanent tenure. Those are empty you know me. Why MSU and key you are first Masters degrades other other universities in your country that you offer doctorates. Well I just tool of a dentist too. Yeah well the doctor Doctor late political signs and young Chinese get to lecture to students in China. Or are they more serious about their education than they are over here do you think. Well well maybe exactly the

same except But to lend pun. I have not is that there is that they will nation well. Where you need to stay is they still didn't say ahead. More were they liberations then stupid See you in Chad now you see. That what it was until they tire him way let it. Therefore steadying you that way will rocket your character I was run out I want to thank you very much for talking with us today. You gave my patients a give and they said you heard an interview with Dr. K. K. Chung of the Republic of China a land grant Centennial lecture on the campus of Michigan State University one of the sixty eight land grant institutions observing the 100 anniversary of the signing of the first land grant act. These institutions in the face of rising costs and increasing in Romans are using the occasion of this anniversary to rededicate themselves to the noble idea that inspired their founders that practical and liberal education. John brace all knowledge in

service to all people. This special series of interviews is being presented by the National Association of educational broadcasters in cooperation with the Association of State Universities and land grant colleges this is the end AB Radio Network.