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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED306978 AUTHOR: Condren, Clive P.
TITLE: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century: A Report on
Higher Education in California Requested by the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 261 p.
AVAILABILITY: California Postsecondary Education Commission,
1020 Twelfth Street, Third Floor, Sacramento, CA 98514.
ABSTRACT: Designed to provide background information for a
study of higher education in California to be conducted by
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
this report describes the essential elements of the system.
Section 1 provides an overview of California, postsecondary
education in the state, and higher education agencies and
associations. Section 2 discusses master planning for higher
education prior and subsequent to the development of the
"Master Plan for Higher Education in California, 1960-1975,"
and examines differences among various approaches to master
planning. Section 3 examines state financing of higher
education, providing information on levels and sources of
support, financing of public and independent institutions,
student charges, financial aid, and prospects for future
funding. Section 4 addresses the coordination of higher
education in the United States and California, focusing on
the coordinating roles of the California Postsecondary
Education Commission and the California Education Round
Table. Section 5 deals with economic development issues,
while section 6 asseses the size and scope of the
educational enterprise in California at undergraduate and
graduate levels. Section 7 examines the quality of
undergraduate education and the prospects for reform. In
section 8, trends in and programs for educational equity for
students and employment equity for faculty are reviewed.
Section 9 deals with California's community colleges,
considering their purpose and mission, shifts in programs
and enrollments, student characteristics, faculty and staff,
and governance. The final section offers an agenda for
higher education, addressing issues of equity and
excellence, cooperation with public schools, faculty
replacement, teacher education, student financial aid,
community colleges, and economic development. Appendixes
contain information on master planning, educational finance,
the enabling legislation for the Commission, and ethnicity
reporting problems. (ALB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Access-to-Education; Affirmative-Action;
College-Faculty; College-Students; Community-Colleges;
Economic-Development; Educational-Quality; Enrollment-;
Government-Role; Higher-Education; Minority-Groups; Private
Colleges; State-Agencies; State-Aid; Statewide-Planning;
Student-Financial-Aid
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Planning; *College-Role;
*Educational-Finance; *State-Colleges
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