Editorial: Revision of state's Master Plan for Higher Education is crucial
Source: mercurynews.com Posted By: Carson R...5314 days ago
California's system of higher education is one of the nation's great public policy successes. It's produced millions of well-prepared graduates, lifting many of them into the middle class while fueling a booming state economy.
It wasn't by accident. In 1960, the Legislature passed the Master Plan for Higher Education, setting priorities for the University of California, California State University and community college systems. As the 50th anniversary of that prescient document approaches, plans....