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Download full textDouglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2021
In the discourse that swirled in the mid-1800s around the creation of new American public universities, three major and interrelated tensions became evident: the first related to the continued debate regarding the proper curricular balance between practical education and classical studies; the second focused on the appropriate autonomy of…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Educational History, College Curriculum, Role of Education
Douglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2015
The University of California became a "public trust" in 1879 as part of a larger revision of California's Constitution approved by California voters. The University henceforth gained the exclusive power to operate, control, and administer the University of California, becoming virtually a fourth branch of state government, a…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, Universities, Educational Research, Educational History
Peer reviewedDouglass, John Aubrey – History of Education Quarterly, 1992
Describes the development of the California system of higher education. Discusses the debate between those who wanted a university to educate future leaders and those who urged a system that would stress agriculture and mining. Explores the politics of school boards, the Board of Regents, and the legislature in the state's constitutional…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives
