A CSU President Declares Master Plan Dead

State plan for higher education 'dead,' CSUSM president declares: Haynes says universities must seek private partners to protect programs, services (excerpt)

North County Times, 2-3-11, Deborah Sullivan Brennan

California has abandoned its commitment to higher education, compelling Cal State San Marcos and other universities to seek private partnerships for their programs, university President Karen Haynes told hundreds of guests Thursday in her annual Report to the Community.

"The California master plan for higher education is dead because the social compact itself is broken," she said. "There is no longer the same sense of obligation to the next generation of Californians to provide quality, state-supported education."

As a result, she said, the gap is widening between the haves and have-nots, adding that higher education is becoming a privilege of the haves.

Haynes said later that while her statement was "meant to be shocking," she has faith in the university's ability to recruit private partners to maintain academic programs and student services....

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