Pat Brown signs law implementing Master Plan for Higher Education (1960) |
Now comes CalMatters with a story of what happens when you operate without a plan that has the support of the various stakeholders, legislature, and governor. We told you so:
As two California higher education systems continue to feud, lawmakers have entered the equation... The matter at hand — the 1,300-student Feather River College in rural Plumas County offering a bachelor’s degree in applied fire management — has become a lightning rod issue, sparking delays and anger on both sides. “I was quite frankly shocked and disheartened,” said California State University Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester at a trustees’ meeting, claiming that the community college system had “acted unilaterally” and out of accordance with the law by approving the bachelor’s degree program at Feather River. At the same meeting, Koester stressed that each component of the state’s higher education system — the 116 community colleges, 23 California State Universities campuses, and 10 University of California campuses — play a distinct role...
Full story at https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2023/04/california-community-college-fire/.
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