The state’s elitist and woefully outdated 1960 blueprint should reflect how the community college system has evolved.
Amy Costa, incoming president of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, aptly described the state’s “” last month as “antiquated at best.” Community colleges are facing serious challenges securing baccalaureate degree programs, and the 62-year-old governing document is a major reason why.
The plan needs to be reworked not only to reflect new workforce realities, but to eliminate the vestiges of elitism baked into it., the state’s blueprint for higher education was touted as bringing a collection of competing colleges and universities into a coherent system.
But the UC system was given outsized influence in the plan’s development. Only the best and brightest students, which at the time came predominantly from the privileged class, would be allowed to attend the prestigious university. Lesser students were funneled into the CSU system, while everyone else only had the option of attending a junior college.Higher education has evolved over the past 60 years.
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