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  • Acquisition Information
  • Institutional History
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Related Material
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  • Publication Rights
  • Arrangement

  • Contributing Institution: California State University Archives
    Title: The California State University Master Plan for Higher Education Collection
    Creator: California. State Department of Education. Master Plan Survey Team
    Identifier/Call Number: CSU.018
    Physical Description: 10 boxes (8.33 Linear Feet)
    Date (inclusive): 1959-2004
    Abstract: Reports, correspondence, minutes, and other materials relating to the Master Plan for Higher Education in California and its various revisions and updates. Also includes some CSU campus architectural master planning.
    Language of Material: Collection material is in English

    Access

    There are no access restrictions on this collection.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials in this collection were transferred by the Chancellor's Office, California State University and collected by archives staff. It is a growing collection.

    Institutional History

    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 creation of the California Master Plan for Higher Education along with the Donahoe 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 P. White (2012-2021); and Joseph I. Castro (2021- ).
    Timeline of studies relating to the California Master Plan taken from "The History of the California Master Plan for Higher Education" a project of the center for studies in higher education.
    1. 1932: State Higher Education in California: Report of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Recommendations of the Commission of Seven
    2. 1948: A Report of a Survey of the Needs of California in Higher Education
    3. 1955: A Restudy of the Needs of California in Higher Education
    4. 1957: A Study of the Need for Additional Centers of Public Higher Education in California
    5. 1960: A Master Plan for Higher Education in California, 1960-1975
    6. 1960: The Donahoe Education Act
    7. 1966: The Master Plan Five Years Later
    8. 1972: The California Master Plan for Higher Education in the Seventies and Beyond
    9. 1973: Report of the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education
    10. 1986: The Challenge of Change: A Reassessment of the California Community Colleges
    11. 1987: The Master Plan Renewed: Unity, Equity, Quality, and Efficiency in California Postsecondary Education
    12. 1989: California Faces . . . California's Future: Education for Citizenship in a Multicultural Democracy
    13. 1993: Master Plan in Higher Education in Focus, "Draft Report"
    14. 2002: The California Master Plan for Education

    Preferred Citation

    For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material  guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

    Processing Information

    Processed during 2004-2006 CSU System-wide Archives Processing Project. Finding aid updated by Petra Warren in fall 2021.

    Related Material

    California State University Reports Collection

    Scope and Content

    Correspondence, testimony, news clippings, recommendations, issue papers, legislation, staff reports, agendas and minutes dated from 1959 to 2004. Includes "Master Plan for Higher Education in California, 1960-1975," Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education (1972-1973); Master Plan for Higher Education Commission (1985-1986); Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education - Kindergarten through University (2002); and other committees. Includes statements and reports by Glenn Dumke, Lee Kerschner, and W. Ann Reynolds. The 1972-1973 Plan includes reports on African Americans, Asian-Americans, Chicanos and Public Education, and Independent Higher Education in California. Also includes architectural master planning for campuses including Humboldt, CSC Palos Verde/Dominguez Hills, San Jose, Long Beach, and San Francisco State.

    Publication Rights

    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.

    Arrangement

    Records are arranged chronologically by decades. Please note that some files' dates overlap into more than one decade, such as "Master Plan: Higher Education Reports, 1966-1978."

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Education--African Americans
    Education--Asian Americans
    Education--Latinos
    Education, Higher--United States--California
    Education--California--History
    Dumke, Glenn S.
    Kerschner, Lee
    Reynolds, W. Ann
    California State University
    California State University, Dominguez Hills
    Humboldt State University
    San Francisco State University