Author | Benveniste, Guy. author |
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Title | From Mass to Universal Education [electronic resource] : The Experience of the State of California and its Relevance to European Education in the Year 2000 / by Guy Benveniste, Charles Benson |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1976 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1343-7 |
Descript | XVIII, 126 p. online resource |
I. The Economy of California: How It has Developed and How It is Related to the Educational System -- A Few Introductory Remarks -- Income in California -- The Population of the State -- A First View of Labor Force -- California Manufacturing -- Occupations, Present and Projected -- The Public Sector in California -- II. Structure of the Education System in California -- The Structure of Education -- School Districts are Independent Units of Government -- Unequal Resources for Education -- The Growing Role of Federal Aid -- Complex System of Coordination -- State Board Controls are Limited but Rigidities are Present -- The Private Elementary and Secondary Schools -- The System of Higher Education -- Financing -- Differentiated Admission -- High Rates of Drop-out -- Access to Higher Education -- Enrollments -- An Overview of Education in California -- III. The Expansion of Education in California: A Closer Examination -- Projections of Educational Out-turn and the Problem of Educated Unemployed -- Expenditure Flows in Different Branches of the California Education System -- The Rising Concern with Internal Efficiency -- Public Elementary and Secondary Schools -- The University of California -- Alternatives for Fiscal Reform -- The Schools -- Higher Education -- The Social Efficiency of Californiaโs Educational Enterprises -- IV. Planning โ Success or Failure? -- State Budgeting for Public Higher Education -- The Master Plan: Its Relations to Annual Budgeting -- The Period of Disenchantment -- Program Budgeting: Another Failure? -- Manpower Planning -- V. Adult Education in California -- The โHiddenโ Adult Education Activity -- Business and Industry -- Government -- The Military -- Poverty Programs -- Television -- Correspondence -- Proprietary Schools -- โFreeโ Universities -- Other Programs -- More Visible Adult Education Programs -- The University -- General Extension -- Agricultural Extension -- The State Colleges -- Community or Junior College -- Secondary Schools -- The Extended University -- VI. Future Trends in Californiaโs Educational System -- The Changing Functions of Education in California and the Consequences for Planning -- Implications for Policy -- Bibliography โ A selection -- Biographical Notes