21st Century Scholar

Thanks to Mark Pelesh, Jorge Klor de Alva, Doug Burleson, and Mark De Fusco for contributing to our discussion of for-profit universities this week. We cap the week off with a post by Bill Tierney concerning revamping the California postsecondary system. Rethinking the Master Plan by Bill Tierney I co-hosted a meeting recently of a [...]

Last week, 21st Century Scholar featured a week-long series of posts about California’s Master Plan written by five esteemed figures in the arena of higher education. We thank our five guest scholars (John Slaughter, Barry Munitz, Donald E. Heller, Nancy Shulock, and Julia I. Lopez) for lending their expertise to our discussion. In wrap-up, Bill Tierney offers his thoughts [...]

Our Master Plan series continues with Professor Nancy Shulock of the California State University at Sacramento where she is Executive Director of the Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy. Her specialties are public policy, higher education policy, public budgeting, and public management. The Master Plan by Nancy Shulock Executive Director, Institute for Higher education Leadership [...]

Today we welcome John Brooks Slaughter who continues our discussion of California’s Master Plan. Dr. Slaughter’s career began as an electrical engineer. He formerly headed the National Science Foundation as its first African-American director. He is president emeritus at Occidental College, and a former chancellor at the University of Maryland, College Park. A Master Plan for Students [...]

Yesterday we began our week-long exploration of California’s Master Plan with a post by Donald E. Heller (Director, Center for the Study of Higher Education and Professor of Education and Senior Scientist, College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University). Today, Barry Munitz, chancellor, California State University (1991–1998), continues the conversation below. A New Master Plan by Barry Munitz Chancellor, California [...]

Welcome to 21st Century Scholar’s first week of themed blogging in 2010. This week Bill Tierney invites guest scholars (John Slaughter, Barry Munitz, Donald E. Heller, Nancy Shulock, and Julia I. Lopez) to share their thoughts on the Master Plan with us. Below you’ll find our first installment by Donald E. Heller. The Master Plan on Life Support: Time [...]