Intro to College:
BS023
Mr. Luciano Morales
Spring – 2016
Basic Skills Instructor
Academic Connections Dept.
Course Outline
 Define the Master Plan For Higher education from
the 1960’s – What is it?
 California three - tier system
 California Four- tier system
 A 2nd chance – a road map to college
The Master Plan for
Higher Education in California
What’s the Master Plan For Higher Education?
CALIFORNIAS’ THREE TIER
SYSTEM
• California State University (CSU’s)
• E.g. CSULA, CSULB, CSU Fresno, CSU
Chico, CSU San Francisco, CSU Pomona
etc.
• University of California (UC’s)
• E.g. UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Merced
, UC Riverside, UC Davis, etc. Community
College’s
• E.g. LACCD, Cerritos, Santa Monica, El
Camino etc.
California Master Plan for Higher Education
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The Four Systems of
Higher Education in California
• California State University (CSU’s)
• E.g. CSULA, CSULB, CSU Fresno, CSU Chico,
CSU San Francisco, CSU Pomona etc.
• University of California (UC’s)
• E.g. UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Merced ,
UC Riverside, UC Davis, etc.
• Community College’s
• E.g. LACCD, Cerritos, Santa Monica, El Camino,
San Francisco etc.
• Private Universities
• USC, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Stanford,
Biola University etc.
California Master 4 Tier system
UC Campuses
Universities of California
9CSU Campuses
California State Universities
Community Colleges Nearby
CA Community Colleges
Private and Independent Universities
Private and Independent Universities
High School
Road Map to College
VS.
Education vs.
Prisons
$68.4Billion
High School
Road Map to College

The Master Plan For Higher Education