Inventory of the California Postsecondary Education Commission Records
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Inventory of the California Postsecondary Education Commission Records
Collection number: R197, F3752, F3909
California State Archives
Office of the Secretary of State
Sacramento, California
- Processed by:
- Kim Mitchell, Choquette Marrow and Archives Staff
- Date Completed:
- August 2012
- Encoded by:
- Jessica Knox
© 2012 California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: California Postsecondary Education Commission Records
Dates: 1960-2011
Collection number: R197, F3752, F3909
Creator:
California Postsecondary Education Commission
Coordinating Council for Higher Education
Collection Size:
68.5 cubic feet of textual records, 291 audiotapes, 8 videotapes, 1 DVD, and 2 audio reels
Repository:
California State Archives
Abstract:
The records of the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) consist of 68.5 cubic feet of textual records, 291
audiotapes, 8 videotapes, 1 DVD, and 2 audio reels reflecting the Commission's work as the State's advisory body on higher
education. The records date from 1961-2011. Those files that predate 1974 contain materials from the Commission's predecessor,
the Coordinating Council for Higher Education (CCHE).
Physical location: California State Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Administrative Information
Access
While the majority of the records are open for research, any access restrictions are noted in the record series descriptions.
Publication Rights
For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the California State Archives. Permission for reproduction or publication
is given on behalf of the California State Archives as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility
for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives
collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], California Postsecondary Education Commission Records, R197.[Series Number], [box and folder number],
California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California.
Acquisition and Custodial History
The California State Archives acquired the California Postsecondary Education Commission Records according to state law.
Administrative History
The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) was established in 1974 to coordinate public, independent, and private
postsecondary education in California as well as provide independent policy analyses and recommendations to the Legislature
and the Governor on postsecondary education issues (Chapter 1187, Statues of 1973). It replaced its predecessor as the State's
planning and coordinating body for higher education. Its predecessor, the Coordinating Council for Higher Education, was
established as part of the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education (Chapter 49, Statutes of the 1st Extraordinary Session 1960).
In the 1973 "five-year review" of the Master Plan for Higher Education, the Legislature's Joint Committee on Higher Education
made sweeping changes to the state's education plan that included replacing the Coordinating Council for Higher Education
with a larger organization with more responsibility and purview. The membership of the Commission was increased and strengthened
to allow for the majority of its members to be representatives of the people rather than representatives of the segments or
the state of California. The Commission's primary responsibilities included ensuring quality of education and cooperation
among the segments of California's public postsecondary education system and eliminating duplication and waste of resources.
Additional duties included the creation and maintenance of collection databases capable of documenting performance of postsecondary
education institutions, administration of federally funded education programs, acting as the state's clearinghouse on postsecondary
education information and as the primary advisor on postsecondary education issues to the Legislature, Governor, and other
governmental offices and institutions.
The Commission operates under a board of trustees with 16 members (Chapter 1058, Statutes of 1978), appointed as follows:
9 general public (3 appointments each by the Governor, Senate Rules Committee and Speaker of the Assembly); and 7 institutional
(1 appointment each by the State Board of Education, California Advisory Council on Vocational Education and Technical Training,
Council for Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions, Private Colleges and Universities, University of California Regents,
California State University Trustees, and the California Community College Board of Governors).
The Commission closed its doors on November 18, 2011 following the line item veto of its 2011-2012 fiscal year funding by
Governor Brown.
Scope and Content
The records of the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) consist of 68.5 cubic feet of textual records, 291
audiotapes, 8 videotapes, 1 DVD, and 2 audio reels reflecting the Commission's work as the State's advisory body on higher
education. The records date from 1961-2011. Those files that predate 1974 contain materials from the Commission's predecessor,
the Coordinating Council for Higher Education (CCHE).
The records are organized into twenty-seven record series: Association Files, Administrative Files, Commission Proceedings,
Legislative Files, Resolutions, Reports, Agendas, Subject Files, Community College Files, Faculty and Teacher Files, Student
Affirmative Action Files, Student Financial Aid Files, Private Postsecondary Education Files, Roundtable on Educational Opportunity,
Federal Program Files, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Files, Equal Educational Opportunity Advisory Committee
Files, Expanding Educational Opportunities Workshop Files, Academic Program Review Files, Annual Program Review Activity Files,
Intersegmental Program Review Council Files, Staff Reports, Agenda Packets, Minutes, Meeting Tapes, Program Review Files,
and Chronological Correspondence.
Most of the collection contains materials from the Commission's research on various higher education issues, policies, and
programs. CPEC is the State's advisory body on higher education and they provide information and recommendations to the Legislature,
Governor, and appropriate governmental offices and higher educational institutions. The Agendas, Minutes, and Meeting Tapes
series covers a wide variety of topics which the Commission dealt with at their various meetings. The Community College Files,
Faculty and Teacher Files, Student Affirmative Action Files, Staff Reports, and Student Financial Aid Files are research files.
The Commission did extensive research in the areas relating to community college function, teacher quality and salary, minority
participation in higher education and funding and kept a separate series of file on each topic. The Reports series is the
second largest in the collection. As the State's designated clearinghouse for postsecondary education information, CPEC published
numerous reports on a wide variety of topics related to California higher education.
Most of the other files relate to the Commission's other duties. The Federal Program Files contain materials related to the
Commission's oversight of Title I federally funded programs in California. The Private Postsecondary Education Files contain
materials related to the Commission's responsibility to authorize and oversee the awarding of degrees by private education
institutions in California, while the Program Review Files as well as all of the series under the Education Policy and Programs
Committee relate to Commission's duty to review and make recommendations on proposed, ongoing, and discontinued academic programs
at the State's public institutions of higher education.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Related Collections at the California State Archives
Commission to Review the Master Plan for Higher Education
Assembly Committee on Higher Education
Joint Committee on Postsecondary Education
Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
Assembly Subcommittee on Higher Education
Coordinating Council for Higher Education
California Department of Education
Senate Select Committee on Higher Education
Joint Committee for the Review of Master Plan for Higher Education
State Board of Education
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
California Postsecondary Education Commission
California. Coordinating Council for Higher Education
Education
F3909:204-218
Series 1
Association Files
1972-1977
Physical Description: 15 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by organization.
Scope and Content Note
Association files contain minutes, reports, and correspondence of educational organization meetings and studies in such areas
as facilities costs, personnel salaries, educational quality and federal support.
F3909:219-235
Series 2
Administrative Files
1968-1978
Physical Description: 17 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by agency or subject.
Scope and Content Note
Administrative files contain correspondence and reports relating to the commission, its advisory committees, and the other
state agencies in such areas as finance and legislation.
F3752:362-419
Series 3
California Postsecondary Education Commission Proceedings
1974-1975
Physical Description: 58 audiotapes
Access Information
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains audiotapes of full Commission proceedings, 1974-1975, and proceedings related to internal procedures
and affairs of the Advisory Committee, May 1974 - December 1974. Subjects include coordination of statewide needs for higher
education and funding for the University of California and the state colleges systems.
R197.001, Box 1/1-Box 1/23
Series 4
Bill Files
1974-1977,
1979,
1981-1986
Physical Description: 23 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by session, then numerically by bill number.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of legislative files related to the work of the California Postsecondary Education Commission. The materials
include studies, reports, bills, bill analyses, correspondence and memoranda. Some of the legislative files relate to bills
passed as a result of recommendations or research by CPEC. Most of the legislative files are on bills that directed the Commission
to research a particular issue, policy, or program. As the primary advisory committee on higher education to the Governor,
Legislature, and postsecondary education-related governmental offices and institutions, the Commission was enlisted frequently
to conduct special studies. The Commission often formed advisory committees to take up the request. As a result, CPEC has
had many interim advisory committees and task forces under its purview. Some of these include the Cal Grant Advisory Committee,
the Special Committee for Review of Out-of-State Accredited Institutions, Intersegmental Program Review Council, ACR 81 Advisory
Committee (a committee to study the effect of student charges on access to education).
1974: ACR157 (2ff) Box 1/1-2
1979-1980: AB3005 (1ff) Box 1/3
1979-1980: SB252 (1ff) Box 1/4
1981-1982: ACR81 (11ff) Box 1/5-15
1983-1984: AB105-AB3775; ACR71 (3ff) Box 1/16-18
1983-1984: SB813; SR34-SR37 (3ff) Box 1/19-21
1985-1986: AB1818 (1ff) Box 1/22
1985-1986: SB1036 (1ff) Box 1/23
R197.002, Box 1/24-Box 1/28
Series 5
Resolutions
1974-1978
Physical Description: 5 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by resolution number.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains resolutions passed by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Resolutions were used to perform
official actions of the Commission including forming committees, adopting budgets and reports, making recommendations, offering
support or approval on legislation, changing Commission procedures, setting meeting dates and authorizing representation and
negotiating power to members for external work. The resolutions are substantially complete from 1974-1978.
R197.003, Box 1/29-Box 5/26, Box 16/1-Box 25/44
Series 6
Reports
1965-2011
Physical Description: 684 file folders, 1 DVD
Access Information
Access to electronic material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by publication date.
Scope and Content Note
R197.003. Box 1, folder 29 - Box 5, folder 26 (1965, 1968-1978, 1980-1987). This series contains reports by the California
Postsecondary Education Commission (1974-1987) and its predecessor, the Coordinating Council for Higher Education (1965-1974).
As an advisory committee to the Legislature, Governor, and education-related governmental offices and institutions, the Commission
published information on a wide range of topics and issues related to California higher education. Some of the topics include
financial aid and access to higher education, services for students with disabilities, the community college transfer role,
enrollment trends, funding, academic standards and programs, affirmative action, faculty compensation, educationally underserved
regions, capital outlay for new campuses, the role of independent and private universities, vocational and adult education,
and cooperation among the public higher education segments. The California Postsecondary Education Commission serves as California's
designated clearinghouse for postsecondary education information and their reports heavily influence what legislative changes
are made to higher education. The reports in this series include one-time studies, director's monthly reports, and annual
reports.
R197.003. Box 16, folder 1 - Box 25, folder 44 (1974-2004). Reports created and published by the Commission between 1974 and
2004. Types of reports include Director's Reports, Information Manuals, Annual Faculty Report, Directories of Colleges, and
the State Plan for Higher Education. Significant topics include faculty benefits, transfer, financial aid, facilities, equal
opportunity, admission costs, distance education, doctoral degrees, minorities, inmate education, private colleges, collective
bargaining, teacher retention, accreditation, and standardized tests.
DVD. The single DVD contains 1, 492 PDF files of Council and Commission reports published from 1972 to 2011, totaling 1.84
gigabytes (GB) of storage space. The years 1973-1975 and 1977 are not represented. Only selected reports are present from
1972 to 1985; reports appear to be comprehensive from 1985 to 2011. In addition to the standard published reports, the DVD
contains several issues the Commission's newsletter, Bits of Data (2007-2009), College-Going Rates and demographic data by
Assembly District, educational demographic County Profiles, Policy Statements, FAQs, comments on the Master Plan for Higher
Education, Fiscal Profiles, Student Profiles, Working Papers, and Resolutions. Overall, this DVD may be a helpful alternative
to researching published reports and data, rather than the printed copies. Electronic materials have been removed to cold
storage and separation sheets are included within the file folders to indicate this.
R197.004, Box 5/27-Box 5/28, Box 25/45-Box 45/7
Series 7
Agendas
1961-2004
Physical Description: 357 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Scope and Content Note
R197.004. Box 5, folder 27 - Box 5, folder 28 (1978, 1981-1984). This series consists of an assortment of California Postsecondary
Education Commission meeting agendas and memoranda. CPEC divided their agendas into parts by the whole Commission and its
smaller committees and wrote a brief for each agenda item. Memoranda include tentative outlines for the next meeting and,
occasionally, flight information to the meeting location. The series also contains one agenda packet from a Commission meeting
held September 10 - 11, 1978 in Santa Barbara. Packets were provided to Commission members at meetings and include the agenda
with full-page briefs and supplementary material for each agenda item.
R197.004. Box 25, folder 45 - Box 45, folder 7 (1961-2004). Agendas include reports, minutes, memoranda, background materials,
resolutions, correspondence, and statistics. Significant topics include facilities, budget, financial aid, transfer, disability,
program review, and diversity.
R197.005, Box 5/29-Box 6/28, Box 45/8-27, F3909:1-203
Series 8
Subject Files
1967-2010,
Physical Description: 268 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject heading.
Scope and Content Note
F3909:1-203. The subject files are predominately Commission files and recommendations to identify student educational needs.
They also include institutional program evaluations or analyses of: the Master or Five-Year Plan, non-traditional student
populations, program or personnel costs, and program and facility growth. The amount of correspondence, advisory committee
notes and minutes, draft and final version reports vary according to topic.
R197.005. Box 5, folder 29 - Box 6, folder 28 (1967-1979, 1980-1985). Subject files may include correspondence, memoranda,
reports, news articles, notes and surveys. The subject files cover a wide variety of topics related to California postsecondary
education. A few of the subject files cover specific CPEC areas of responsibility, including review of the Five-Year Plan,
building and maintaining databases for education statistics, administration of the California Academic Partnership Program,
and the execution of specific studies mandated by the legislature. The remainder of the files covers general issues of interest
or repeated study by CPEC. Some of these subjects include Standards for New Schools, UC Administrative Salaries, Graduate
Education, English as a Second Language, Matriculation, and General Education.
R197.005. Box 45, folder 8 - Box 45, folder 27 (1967-2010). Subject Files contain newsletters, reports, meeting transcripts,
correspondence, and memoranda. Significant topics include CPEC history, the Master Plan for Higher Education, resolutions,
and disabled and GLBT students.
R197.006, Box 6/29-Box 7/17
Series 9
Community College Files
1975-1985
Physical Description: 24 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note
The Community College Files contain working papers and research materials related to community college. Materials include
memoranda, reports, news articles, CPEC draft reports, bill analyses, data sets, and correspondence. The Community College
Files are divided into eleven subjects by research topic. The subjects include: Collective Bargaining, Cooperative Study,
Course Classification, Mission and Functions, Finance, College Going Rates, Transfer Study, Community College Issues, Academic
Quality, College Work study, and Capital Outlay. More information and the resulting reports from CPEC research on these topics
can be found in the Reports series.
R197.007, Box 7/18-Box 8/7
Series 10
Faculty and Teacher Files
1978-1987
Physical Description: 11 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note
The Faculty and Teacher Files contain working papers and research materials on the Commission's various areas of research
related to careers in teaching. The series includes memoranda, reports, news articles, CPEC draft reports, bill analyses,
data sets, and correspondence from the California Commission on Teaching Credentialing, California Roundtable on Educational
Opportunity, U.S. Department of Education, California Department of Education as well as several other offices of education
in other states. The material is divided into four subjects: Teacher Education, Teacher Preparation and Licensing, Faculty
and Salaries, and Affirmative Action. The Teacher Education files contain the Commission's research on the condition of teacher
education in the state. Research topics included: predicted state teacher shortages, recruitment to the field, state credentialing
programs, and measures to increase the quality of teachers both at the primary, secondary and postsecondary levels. The Teacher
Preparation and Licensing files focus almost exclusively on various credentialing programs and licensing examinations with
a substantial portion of the material gathered by CPEC originating from the Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing.
The research topics covered in the Faculty Salaries files material include: professor workloads, the effect of faculty fringe
on the state budget, professor, medical faculty and administrative salaries, private sector salary competition, and collective
bargaining. The Affirmative Action files contain research on recruitment of minorities to the teaching field. Further information
on each of the topics covered in the Teacher and Faculty files can be found in the Reports series.
R197.008, Box 8/8-Box 8/18
Series 11
Student Affirmative Action Files
1979-1986
Physical Description: 11 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note
The Student Affirmative Action Files contain working papers and research material from the Commission's studies of affirmative
action programs. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports and news articles. The files are divided into four
subjects: Affirmative Action, Outreach Program Review, CORE Program Review Evaluation, and CAL-SOAP Evaluation. The Affirmative
Action files contain general research on the various postsecondary education affirmative action programs. The other files
cover CPEC's research on specific affirmative action programs. These files, in addition to the materials listed above, contain
survey data gathered by CPEC to track the progress of the various affirmative action programs at each institution of public
higher education in the state. Further information on each of the affirmative action programs and affirmative action as a
state policy can be found in the Reports series.
R197.009, Box 8/19-Box 9/5
Series 12
Student Financial Aid Files
1980-1981
Physical Description: 9 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains Commission working papers and research material on student financial aid. Material includes correspondence,
memoranda, reports, news articles, reports, and data sets. Topics covered include access to financial aid, budget cuts, and
the ability of financial aid to keep up with college and university fee increases. More information on student financial
aid, including reports directly related to the materials in this file, can be found in the Reports series.
R197.010, Box 9/6-Box 9/14
Series 13
Private Postsecondary Education Files
1969-1970,
1976-1985
Physical Description: 9 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note
Private Postsecondary Education Files contains material related to the Commission's role in authorizing private postsecondary
schools in California to issue degrees. Files may include correspondence, memoranda, reports, surveys, bills, and bill analyses.
The files are divided into four subjects: Office of Postsecondary Education, Correspondence, Authorization Visits, and New
Colleges. The Office of Postsecondary Education files contains correspondence and material exchanged between CPEC and the
California Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The materials illustrate the process taken to create
the series of standards and procedures used by CPEC to authorize schools to offer degrees under California Education Code
section 94310 (c). Correspondence mainly relates to the discussion of diploma mills. The issuing of diploma for substandard
education is a serious concern and the crackdown on institutions issuing such degrees was a primary goal for implementing
the authorization process. CPEC made visits to private postsecondary educational institutions all over the state to perform
authorization evaluations. The criteria and results of these visits are contained within the Authorization Visits files.
The New Colleges file contains an assortment of materials tracking the emergence of new private colleges in the state. This
information was used both to ensure legitimate degrees were being offered and to locate areas of the state lacking adequate
public postsecondary education services. Further information on the role of private postsecondary education in California
can be found in the Reports series.
R197.011, Box 9/15-Box 9/22
Series 14
Roundtable on Educational Opportunity Files
1981-1985
Physical Description: 8 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
The Postsecondary Education Commission participated in the California Roundtable on Educational Opportunity with the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction and the heads the University of California, the California State University, the California
Community Colleges and the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities. Active from 1981-1985, the Roundtable's
mission was to formulate and advocate specific actions that could be taken to increase access to higher education. Avenues
included improvements in secondary schools, teaching programs and the teaching profession, as well as to outreach programs
and the community college transfer function. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, news articles and
an assortment of Roundtable agendas and minutes.
R197.012, Box 10/1-Box 13/6, F3909:236-243
Series 15
Federal Program Files
1974-1982
Physical Description: 110 file folders, 3 audiotapes, 2 audio reels
Access Information
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
F3909:236-243 arranged alphabetically by subject heading. R197.012 arranged numerically by project number.
Scope and Content Note
F3909:236-243. Federal files concern any program or function mandated or funded by the federal government according to the
various education acts or their amendments. Correspondence and reports predominate and concern such areas as community advisement
centers, continuing education, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), and Title I program amendments. The materials
in the files range in date from 1974-1978.
R197.012. Box 10, folder 1 - Box 13, folder 6. Federal Program files contain files for Higher Education Act Title I funded
programs in California. Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 provided federal funding for programs "whose purpose
centered around community problem solving and strengthening of community service programs of colleges and universities."
Title I also "provided for continuing educational programs for adults in urban environments, cooperative extension programs
and urban extension programs." (Report 72-4 [Abstract], Coordinating Council for Higher Education). The Postsecondary Education
Commission was responsible for reviewing proposals for funding and monitoring the funded projects. Files include initial
proposals, materials from the projects, quarterly narrative reports to CPEC on project progress, project expenditure reports,
and project final reports. Some files also contain limited correspondence between CPEC and project managers. The files cover
CPEC project oversight from 1974-1982. More general information on Title I federal funding in California may be found in
the Reports series.
R197.13, Box 13/7-Box 13/8
Series 16
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Files
1974-1983
Physical Description: 2 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) is regional organization created in the 1950s to facilitate
resource sharing among the higher education systems of the West. California has been a member since 1955 (About WICHE, Western
Interstate Commission for Higher Education). The California Postsecondary Education Commission participated in the WICHE project
to study postsecondary education budgeting by providing financial and staffing support. These files relate to CPEC's work
on that particular study. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, and meeting agendas.
R197.019, Box 46/1- Box 51/34
Series 17
Staff Reports
1962-1974
Physical Description: 43 bound volumes and 29 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date of report.
Scope and Content Note
The majority of the Staff Reports series was created by Coordinating Council for Higher Education (CCHE). These reports were
created for the perusal by the Commission rather than the public government officials. Report topics typically revolve around
office automation studies and comments or analyses of legislative and budget issues.
R197.020, Box 52/1-18
Series 18
Agenda Packets
2001-2004
Physical Description: 18 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Scope and Content Note
The Agenda Packets are annotated versions of the Agendas from 2001 to 2004. In addition to the reports, minutes, memoranda,
background materials, resolutions, correspondence, and statistics found in the Agendas series, the Agenda Packets include
handwritten notes by Commission staff or members. Significant topics from this time range include transfer, financial aid,
the State budget, and information privacy.
R197.021, Box 53/1-9
Series 19
Minutes
1960-1974
Physical Description: 9 bound volumes
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Scope and Content Note
Minutes document the meetings of the Council, Commission, and their various committees. This series contains material primarily
created by the Coordinating Council for Higher Education (CCHE) but also covers the time period of transition from the Council
to the Commission. Significant topics from this time include the State budget, facilities, accreditation, and faculty benefits.
R197.022
Series 20
Meeting Tapes
1983-2003
Physical Description: 230 audiotapes and 8 videotapes
Access Information
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Scope and Content Note
This entire series consists of 97 sets of separated audiovisual materials contain background materials and recordings of meetings.
The eight videotapes (1992-2003) comprise one recording of a Commission meeting, and various background materials. The 230
audiotapes (1983-2003) are recordings of Commission meetings, committee meetings, seminars, retreats, and teleconferences.
The committees who most frequently recorded their meetings were the Government Relations Committee and the Statutory Advisory
Committee.
R197.023, Box 54/1 - Box 56/13
Series 21
Program Review Files
2006-2011
Physical Description: 85 file folders
Arrangement
The Program Review Files are arranged alphabetically by postsecondary segment: Community College District (CCD), California
State University (CSU), Joint, and University of California (UC). Within each segment files are arranged alphabetically by
either district or campus name and then alphabetically by the proposed program title thereunder.
Scope and Content Note
This series documents the Commission's work to perform its responsibility of reviewing proposed academic programs in public
institutions of higher education within all three segments (Community College Districts, California State Universities, and
Universities of California) for feasibility. Types of documents include correspondence, reports, memoranda, notes, background
materials, applications, proposals, and descriptions of proposed courses. There are several files of jointly proposed programs,
found alphabetically between the CSU and UC segments. Proposed programs demonstrate a heavy emphasis on building new campus
sites and developing Master's programs in science and engineering. This series also includes one file of "Annual Reports"
and one file of "Program Review Charts, Summaries" by segment. These files can be found using the first level of alphabetical
arrangement (i.e. under "A" and "P" respectively).
R197.024, Box 56/14-23
Series 22
Executive Director Chronological Correspondence
2004-2011
Physical Description: 10 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date of correspondence.
Scope and Content Note
This series includes the incoming and outgoing correspondence of the office of the Executive Director (Murray Haberman, 2004-2009;
Karen Humphrey, 2009-2011). Types of documents include memoranda, reports, notes, press releases, position papers, newsletters,
Budget Change Proposals (BCPs), agreements, contracts, grant awards, articles, brochures, and administrative policies. Significant
topics include enrollment gender gap, the UC Irvine School of Law, student identification numbers and privacy, and Educational
Leadership Doctoral Programs.
Equal Educational Opportunity Advisory Committee
1979-1985
R197.014, Box 13/12-Box 14/6
Series 1
Committee Files
1979-1985
Physical Description: 19 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
The Equal Educational Opportunity Advisory Committee was created as the result of ACR 151 of 1974 which directed the Commission
to receive from the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University and Colleges,
and the Governors of the California Community Colleges, plans to provide means to address the ethnic, economic and sexual
underrepresentation in the makeup of the student bodies of California institutions of public higher education. Once CPEC
received the plans they were to reconcile them and create a state plan that promoted cooperation among the segments in increasing
higher education participation by minority groups. As the Committee waited for the segments to submit their plans, they researched
the issues and submitted three reports on the "effectiveness of institutional, state and federal efforts to expand educational
participation in California" (CPEC Report 1980-03-00). The Committee Files series contains the committee's working papers
as well as the research materials gathered for these reports. The files include correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas,
press clippings, bills, and publications related to affirmative action programs. The Equal Educational Opportunity Advisory
Committee's findings were published in several reports that can be found in the Reports series.
R197.015, Box 14/7-Box 14/8
Series 2
Expanding Educational Opportunities Workshop Files
1980-1981
Physical Description: 2 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
The California Postsecondary Education Commission in conjunction with the California Department of Education sponsored the
Expanding Educational Opportunities Workshop on March 20-21, 1981 in San Diego. The Equal Educational Opportunity Advisory
Committee planned and coordinated the function. The workshop included informational sessions on a variety of topics including
current programs efforts, curriculum preparation, college counseling techniques, utilization of college testing services,
and coordination of student services between secondary and postsecondary institutions. The files include background materials,
minutes and correspondence from CPEC and State Board of Education joint planning committee, as well as outlines, agendas,
planning notes, press releases, reports and the workshop packet.
Education Policy and Programs Committee
1971-1987
R197.016, Box 14/9-Box 14/14
Series 1
Academic Program Review Files
1971-1987
Physical Description: 6 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains materials related to the California Postsecondary Education Commission's review of academic programs
offered at California's public postsecondary education institutions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, program
proposals and progress updates, and reports. CPEC is responsible for reviewing and making recommendations on new, existing,
and discontinued academic programs from the California public postsecondary education institutions. The Education Policy and
Programs Committee performed the reviews and provided feedback on each program. The information gathered in the reviews was
also used in preparation of the annual academic five-year plan, which CPEC was required to submit to the Legislature and Governor.
R197.017, Box 14/15-Box 14/16
Series 2
Annual Program Review Activity Files
1971-1987
Physical Description: 2 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
The Annual Program Review Activity Files contain materials documenting the work of the Educational Policy and Programs Committee
in their review of academic programs. The series contains correspondence, memoranda, resolutions, reports and CPEC agenda
experts containing information related to the Committee.
R197.018, Box 14/17-Box 15/3
Series 3
Intersegmental Program Review Council Files
1971-1987
Physical Description: 6 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
The Intersegmental Program Review Council files contain material related to the Council's formation and its review of academic
plans and programs by the Postsecondary Education Commission. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, guidelines
and procedures, testimony, and academic program proposals and plans. The Intersegmental Program Review Council was an advisory
body that assisted the Educational Policy and Programs Advisory Committee in coordinating and reviewing the academic plans
and programs submitted by the segments. The Council consisted of representatives from each of the segments. Representatives
from the California Department of Education, Commission on Teacher Preparation and Licensure, and Councils for Private Postsecondary
and Vocational Education were also often consulted during the review process.