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Contributing Institution:
California State University Archives
Title: Extended and Continuing Education Programs Collection
Creator:
California State University. Extended Education Office
Identifier/Call Number: CSU.008
Physical Description:
33 boxes
Physical Description:
35.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1963-2012; undated
Abstract: The Extended and Continuing Education Programs Collection includes a variety of CSU offices and commissions relating to extended
or continuing education programs in the CSU. Offices or commissions include: Advisory Committee on Continuing Education (1968-1977);
Commission on External Degree Program (1969-1978; Commission on Professional and Continuing Education (1972-2012); Continuing
Education Department (1963-1983; 1995; 1999); Extended Education Department (1975; 1977; 1979-2001; 2003-2012); Advisory Committee
of the Consortium (1973-1977); Consortium (1971-1990); and Center for Innovation Programs (1988-1992).
Language of Material:
English
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There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Title of item], California State University Extended Education Collection, Courtesy of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections.
University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Materials in this collection were transferred by the Chancellor's Office, California State University and collected by archives
staff.
Processed during 2004-2006 CSU System-wide Archives Processing Project. Additional materials integrated in 2023 by Shawne
West.
The California State University System was formally established in 1960 by the Donahoe Higher Education Act. It is the nation's
largest university system, with 23 campuses. The CSU is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California
(the others are the University of California and the California Community College System). The System is the direct descendant
of the California State Normal School (now, San Jose State University) established by the California Legislature on May 2,
1862. By 1895 there were four State Normal schools. In 1921, the schools were re-named the State Teacher's Schools. In 1935
the colleges were re-named the California State Colleges and were run by the State Department of Education. With the California
Master Plan for higher education was created along with the Donohue Act, the California State Colleges were placed under control
of the CSC Board of Trustees. In 1972 the system was renamed the California State Colleges and Universities. The term "Colleges"
was dropped in 1982.
Responsibility for the California State University is vested in the Board of Trustees, whose members are appointed by the
Governor of the State of California. The Trustees appoint the Chancellor, who is the chief executive officer of the system,
and the Presidents, who are the chief executive officers of their respective campuses. The Academic Senate of the California
State University, made up of elected representatives of the faculty from each campus, recommends academic policy to the Board
of Trustees through the Chancellor. Chancellors of the system include Buell Gallagher (1961-1962); Glenn S. Dumke (1962-1982);
W. Ann Reynolds (1982-1990); Ellis E. McCune [Acting] (1990-1991); Barry Munitz (1991-1998); Charles B. Reed (1998-2012);
Timothy White (2012-2021); Joseph I. Castro (2021-2022); Jolene Koester [Interim] (2022-2023); Mildred García (2023-present).
Early efforts at education in the California State College and University System for non-traditional students or programs
were carried out through the office of Continuing Education (1963- ) which as later re-named Extended Education. These offices
were within Academic Affairs. The Advisory Committee on Continuing Education functioned mostly during the 1970s.
In 1970 Chancellor Glenn Dumke gave a series of speeches outlining the "New Approaches" in education he thought the CSU should
consider. One approach was the concept of the 1000 Mile Campus which had to do with off-campus centers and extended or continuing
education. Along with creating a Dean for Continuing/Extended Education, Dumke created a Commission on External Degree Programs
in 1971. This Commission was given the ability to circumvent normal channels of bureaucracy for campuses that wanted to create
innovated or new programs. In 1977 the Commission was renamed the Commission on Extended Education and given a broader mandate.
The Commission on Professional and Continuing Education (CPaCE) was originally established as the Commission on Extended Education
in 1977 and was renamed in 1993 to the Commission on the Extended University. The provisions for the Commission were established
in 2002 by Executive Order (EO) 811 by the Board of Trustees. These provisions were last updated in 2021 when the Commission
was officially renamed to the Commission on Professional and Continuing Education.
The Advisory Committee of the Consortium functioned throughout the 1970s and 1980s as a way for multiple campuses to mount
programs in the external degree program.
The Extended and Continuing Education Programs Collection includes a variety of CSU offices and commissions relating to extended
or continuing education programs in the CSU. Offices or commissions include: Advisory Committee on Continuing Education (1968-1977);
Commission on External Degree Program (1969-1978; Commission on Professional and Continuing Education (1972-2012); Continuing
Education Department (1963-1983; 1995; 1999); Extended Education Department (1975; 1977; 1979-2001; 2003-2012); Advisory Committee
of the Consortium (1973-1977); Consortium (1971-1990); and Center for Innovation Programs (1988-1992).
The materials related to these commissions, committees, and offices include, but are not limited to: brochures, budget reports,
correspondence, grant funding information, guidelines, meeting minutes, agendas, and notes, memos, policies, reports, and
rosters.
The subjects of these materials include, but are not limited to: admissions, concurrent enrollment, the Continuing Education
Revenue Fund (CERF), faculty salaries, fees and tuition, marketing, online and virtual learning, special sessions, summer
sessions, and year-round operation (YRO).
Arranged in eight series:
- Series I. Advisory Committee on Continuing Education (1968-1977)
- Series II. Commission on External Degree Program (1969-1978)
- Series III. Commission on Professional and Continuing Education (1972-2012; undated)
- Series IV. Continuing Education Office (1963-1983; 1995; 1999)
- Series V. Extended Education Office (1975; 1977; 1979-2001; 2003-2013; undated)
- Series VI. Advisory Committee of the Consortium (1973-1977)
- Series VII. Consortium (1971-1990; undated)
- Series VIII. Center for Innovative Programs (1988-1992)
California State University Reports Collection, California State University Office of the Chancellor Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Continuing education -- California
Dumke, Glenn S.
California State University