California's Higher Education Leaders Pledge More Cooperation

January 23, 2014
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The leaders of California's three public higher education systems Wednesday pledged more cooperation, particularly in transferring students, while Gov. Jerry Brown urged them to develop more innovative collaborations.

In a rare gathering, University of California President Janet Napolitano, California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White and California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris said they want to break through some of the walls set up by the state's 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education, which established different roles and student enrollment criteria for each sector. Yet they also said they want to maintain the plan's basic tenets.

Read more at The Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-uc-regents-20140123,0,2651142.story#axzz2rEbruqfj