California Master Plan for Higher Education


The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by Clark Kerr during the administration of Governor Pat Brown. It set up a coherent system for postsecondary education which defined specific roles for the already-existing University of California (UC), the California State University (CSU), and the California Community Colleges system (CCC). It alternatively is called The Donahoe Education Act of 1960 named in honor of the late Assemblywoman Dorothy Donahoe of Bakersfield.