O'HARA: This is an interview conducted by Adina O'Hara with Jim
Kerley at his office at Bluegrass Community and Technical
College in Lexington, Kentucky, on February 13, 2007, for the
Community College oral history project.  The demand for higher
education in Hopkins County resulted in the legislation of a
community college in Madisonville in 1968. As a result,
Madisonville Community College became a part of the University
of Kentucky Community College System. Because you were appointed
chief 1:00academic officer and dean of academic affairs at
Madisonville Community College in 1986, you can explain the
growth of this community college from an administrator's
standpoint.  KERLEY: Yeah, I came in 1986 -- actually, I think
it was around the last of October or so of '86. Had been at
Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky, but my goal was always
to go to a community college. So I was really thrilled about
getting that chance to go there to work at a community college.
When I first got there -- I came from a four