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THE CALIFORNIA STATE COLLEGES
The academic year 1971-72 marks for the California State Colleges the beginning
of their second decade of service to the people of California as a unified system
of public higher education-the largest such system in the Western Hemisphere
and one of the largest in the world. Brought together as a system under the
independent Board of Trustees ns a result of the Donahoe Higher Education Ace
in the early 1960's, the C~ li fornja Smte Colleges now number nineteen, covering
the state f1:om Humboldt Stare College in the north to San Diego State Cl)llege
in the south. Current enrollment exceeds 244,000 full- and part-time students, with
:1 facu lty of approximately 14,000.
Responsibility for the alifo.rnia State Colleges is vested in the Board of Trustees,
whose members arc uppoinrcd by the Governor, and the Ch:rncellor, who is the
executive officer of the system. The Trustees and the Chancellor develop systemwide
policy, with implementation rnldng place at the campus level. The Academic
Senate of the C:1lifornia State Colleges, consisting of elected representatives of the
faculty at each college, recommends academic policy to the Board of Trustees
through the Chancellor.
Each college in the system has its own geographic and curricular character, but
ali emphasize the liberal arts and sciences. Programs leading to the bnchelot's and
master's degrees arc master planned to anticipate and accommodate studcm interest
and the educational and professional needs of d1e State of C:llifomia. limited
number of joint doctoral programs arc als offered. !though there is increasing
recognition of the impormncc of research to the maintenance of quality tenchiog,
che primary responsibi lity of the faculty continues to be the insrruccionnl
process.
While San Jose State College, the oldest, was founded over a ccutury ago, p.ri(lr
co World War II only seven State Colleges were in existence, with a corn! enrollment
of 13,000. Since 1947, twelve new col.leges have been c rnblishcd, and sites
have been selected for additional campuses in Ventura, San iVIateo, and Contra
Costa counties. California State College, Bakersfield, the newest, was opened to
students only last year. Enrollment in the system is expected to pass 400,000 by
1980.
FRESNO STATE COLLEGE ADVISORY BOARD
A group of thirteen citizens of Fresno and vicinity appointed by rhe Trustees of
the California State Colleges as an advisory body to the administration of Fresno
State College.
Mrs. Willie L. Brown
Joseph C. Drilling
Lewis S. Eaton
Lowell W. Firstenberger
James D. Hallowell
William N. Knudsen
Ray M. Miles
Phillip V. Sanchez
Hans C. Sumpf
Harold V. Thompson,
Chairman
Richard M. Worrel
Vacancy
Norman A. Baxter, Executive Secretary
AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS
Fresno State College Association, Inc.
Fresno State College Foundation
Fresno State College Agricultural Foundation
Director of Related Educational Activities _________________________________________ Earle L. Bassett
Assistant General Manager-College Union Director ____________________ . _________ Earl Whitfield
Assistant General Manager-Controller _______________________________________________________ Darrell Foletta
Object Description
| Title | 1971-72 General Catalog |
| Creator | Fresno State College |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 1971-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | Page 009 |
| Full Text Search | 9 THE CALIFORNIA STATE COLLEGES The academic year 1971-72 marks for the California State Colleges the beginning of their second decade of service to the people of California as a unified system of public higher education-the largest such system in the Western Hemisphere and one of the largest in the world. Brought together as a system under the independent Board of Trustees ns a result of the Donahoe Higher Education Ace in the early 1960's, the C~ li fornja Smte Colleges now number nineteen, covering the state f1:om Humboldt Stare College in the north to San Diego State Cl)llege in the south. Current enrollment exceeds 244,000 full- and part-time students, with :1 facu lty of approximately 14,000. Responsibility for the alifo.rnia State Colleges is vested in the Board of Trustees, whose members arc uppoinrcd by the Governor, and the Ch:rncellor, who is the executive officer of the system. The Trustees and the Chancellor develop systemwide policy, with implementation rnldng place at the campus level. The Academic Senate of the C:1lifornia State Colleges, consisting of elected representatives of the faculty at each college, recommends academic policy to the Board of Trustees through the Chancellor. Each college in the system has its own geographic and curricular character, but ali emphasize the liberal arts and sciences. Programs leading to the bnchelot's and master's degrees arc master planned to anticipate and accommodate studcm interest and the educational and professional needs of d1e State of C:llifomia. limited number of joint doctoral programs arc als offered. !though there is increasing recognition of the impormncc of research to the maintenance of quality tenchiog, che primary responsibi lity of the faculty continues to be the insrruccionnl process. While San Jose State College, the oldest, was founded over a ccutury ago, p.ri(lr co World War II only seven State Colleges were in existence, with a corn! enrollment of 13,000. Since 1947, twelve new col.leges have been c rnblishcd, and sites have been selected for additional campuses in Ventura, San iVIateo, and Contra Costa counties. California State College, Bakersfield, the newest, was opened to students only last year. Enrollment in the system is expected to pass 400,000 by 1980. FRESNO STATE COLLEGE ADVISORY BOARD A group of thirteen citizens of Fresno and vicinity appointed by rhe Trustees of the California State Colleges as an advisory body to the administration of Fresno State College. Mrs. Willie L. Brown Joseph C. Drilling Lewis S. Eaton Lowell W. Firstenberger James D. Hallowell William N. Knudsen Ray M. Miles Phillip V. Sanchez Hans C. Sumpf Harold V. Thompson, Chairman Richard M. Worrel Vacancy Norman A. Baxter, Executive Secretary AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS Fresno State College Association, Inc. Fresno State College Foundation Fresno State College Agricultural Foundation Director of Related Educational Activities _________________________________________ Earle L. Bassett Assistant General Manager-College Union Director ____________________ . _________ Earl Whitfield Assistant General Manager-Controller _______________________________________________________ Darrell Foletta |
