A College for All Californians: A History of the California Community Colleges by George R. Boggs, Lawrence A. Galizio ISBN 9780807779873, 0807779873 instant download

A College for All Californians: A History of the California Community Colleges by George R. Boggs, Lawrence A. Galizio ISBN 9780807779873, 0807779873 instant download

This is the first comprehensive and contemporary history of the largest and most diverse public system of higher education in the United States. Serving over 2 million students annually―approximately one-quarter of the nation's community college undergraduates―California's 116 community colleges play an indispensable role in career and transfer education in North America and have maintained an outsized influence on the evolution of postsecondary education nationally. A College for All Californians chronicles the sector's emergence from K–12 institutions, its evolving mission and growth following World War II and the G.I. Bill For Education, the expansion of its ever-broadening mission, and its essential role in the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education. Chapters cover California's junior and community colleges’ development, mission, governance, faculty, finances, athletics, student support services, and more. It also examines the successes and ongoing political, financial, and educational challenges confronting this uniquely American educational experiment.