It was as much a peace treaty as a plan, and it was built around a pledge: Every Californian would get a fair shot at a taxpayer-supported college education. "It is the most significant step California has ever taken in planning for the education of our youth," said Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, while signing the Master Plan for Higher Education on April 26, 1960. Nearly 50 years later, the plan is faltering, burdened by decades of passive state oversight and a blurring of the roles the state’s three branches of higher education were supposed to play. The results are grimly manifest throughout California.

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by Steve Wiegand, The Sacramento Bee.

Posted: February 23rd, 2010, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.