About the book
The 1960 California Master Plan for Higher Education remains to this day the largest and most ambitious attempt to provide free, universal college education in the United States. Yet the Master Plan, the product of committed Cold War liberals, unfortunately served to reinforce the very class-based exclusions and de facto racism that plagued K–12 education in the nation’s largest and most diverse state. In doing so, it inspired a wave of student and faculty organizing that not only forced administrators and politicians to live up to the original promise of the Master Plan—quality higher education for all—but changed the face of California itself.
Higher Education for All is the first and only comprehensive account of the California Master Plan. Through deep archival work and sharp attention to a fascinating cast of historical characters, Andrew Stone Higgins has excavated the forgotten history of the Master Plan: from its origins in the 1957 Sputnik Crisis, through Governor Ronald Reagan’s financial starvation and his failed quest to introduce tuition, to the student struggle to institute affirmative action in university admissions.
Editions of Higher Education for All
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469672908
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469672915
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469672939
- EBook
- ISBN 9798890862372
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469672922
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890862365
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The 1960 California Master Plan for Higher Education remains to this day the largest and most ambitious attempt to provide free, universal college education in the United States. Yet the Master Plan, the product of committed Cold War liberals, unfortunately served to reinforce the very class-based exclusions and de facto racism that plagued K–12 education in the nation’s largest and most diverse state. In doing so, it inspired a wave of student and faculty organizing that not only forced administrators and politicians to live up to the original promise of the Master Plan—quality higher education for all—but changed the face of California itself.
Higher Education for All is the first and only comprehensive account of the California Master Plan. Through deep archival work and sharp attention to a fascinating cast of historical characters, Andrew Stone Higgins has excavated the forgotten history of the Master Plan: from its origins in the 1957 Sputnik Crisis, through Governor Ronald Reagan’s financial starvation and his failed quest to introduce tuition, to the student struggle to institute affirmative action in university admissions.
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What is Higher Education for All about?
The 1960 California Master Plan for Higher Education remains to this day the largest and most ambitious attempt to provide free, universal college education in the United States. Yet the Master Plan, the product of committed Cold War liberals, unfortunately served to reinforce the very class-based exclusions and de facto racism that plagued K–12 education in the nation’s largest and most diverse state. In doing so, it inspired a wave of student and faculty organizing that not only forced administrators and politicians to live up to the original promise of the Master Plan—quality higher education for all—but changed the face of California itself.
Higher Education for All is the first and only comprehensive account of the California Master Plan. Through deep archival work and sharp attention to a fascinating cast of historical characters, Andrew Stone Higgins has excavated the forgotten history of the Master Plan: from its origins in the 1957 Sputnik Crisis, through Governor Ronald Reagan’s financial starvation and his failed quest to introduce tuition, to the student struggle to institute affirmative action in university admissions.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Higher Education for All?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Ethnic studies / Ethnicity
Where can I read a sample of Higher Education for All?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781469672908
How long is Higher Education for All and how many pages does it have?
Higher Education for All has 296 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Higher Education for All?
Andrew Stone Higgins
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Higher Education for All is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469672908) and paperback(ISBN 9781469672915) and ebook(ISBN 9781469672939) and ebook(ISBN 9798890862372) and ebook(ISBN 9781469672922) and pdf(ISBN 9798890862365)
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