California State University Northridge - Sunburst Yearbook (Northridge, CA)

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Education developed at a rapid poce tn the New World, but in 1862 an event transpzred whtch .was. to have a marked effect upon higher .educatzohlg the United States Congress enacted'the F Lrst Morrze Act. This legislation, commonly referred to asOtOO Land Grant Act, provided for a grant of 30, 1 acres of land or its equivalent in scrtpt to the .8631ng- States for each Representative and Senator Ln ot gress, to be used for hg. . . the endowment, suppor 7 ' each and maintenance of at least one college . . . Ln state? The Act further stipulated that thefleadmg object of these colleges would be . . . wtthout 6:60- cluding other scientific and classzcal studtes . .d. to each such branches of learning as areIrelate to agriculture and the mechanic arts . . . tit ordjerthe promote the liberal and practical educatton o ' ' ro es- industrial classes tn the several pursutts and p f sions of life? ' ' ct With its passage into law, the ftrst Mornll A initiated the education. Among t of the oppor was Californi nia was foun system of ed where in the As the 3 Parent that a ordinated pl education w meet its resp Cation for its t In 1959, 8 Was appr requested tt. developinent Cllilies : Curri Ont in ilmio

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ce in the New ed which was er education; ' First Morfill red to as the t of 30,000 to the several nator in Con- ent, SUPPOH, e...ineaCh the hhleading , without 975' udies . - ' t0 6 related to . in order to ation of the and prOleS' Morrill AC! initiated the first real attempt at hhpopularizingg, education. Among the several states which took advantage of the opportunity provided under this legislation was California. In 1868, the University of Califor- nia was founded and with its creation began a state system of education which today is unequalled any- where in the world. As the state,s population grew, it became ap- parent that a centralized administration of, and co- ordinated plans for, an expanding system of higher education would be necessary if California was to meet its responsibility to provide an adequate edu- cation for its citizens. In 1959, Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 88 was approved and the Liaison Committee was requested hi. . . to prepare a Master Plan for the development, expansion, and integration of the fa- cilities, curriculum and standards of higher educa- tion, in junior colleges, state colleges, the University of California, and other institutions of higher edu- cation of the State, to meet the needs of the State 99 during the next 10 years and thereafter . . . A hiMaster Plan Survey T eam,, was established to facilitate the will of the Assembly on January 29, 1960, the team transmitted its findings and recom- mendations to the Liaison Committee. Governor Edmond Brown summoned the Reportls recommen- dations which would require legislation. A Constitutional Amendment, submitted to the voters in November of 1960, established the limo- ommendeoP, Board of State College Trustees. Sen- ate Bill No. 33 gave official sanction to most of the remaining items constituting the legislative framework of Californiajs Master Plan for Higher Education. It is within this frame of reference that San Fernando V alley State College can be identified, characterized and thereby known. Our story has just begun. H