First Advisor

William L. Lang

Term of Graduation

Spring 1999

Date of Publication

4-9-1999

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (M.A.) in History

Department

History

Language

English

Subjects

Community colleges -- California -- College of the Siskiyous -- Administration, College administrators -- California -- College of the Siskiyous, Higher Education -- California -- Siskiyou County, College of the Siskiyous -- History

Physical Description

1 online resource (vii, 210 pages)

Abstract

Throughout its development, College of the Siskiyous (COS) has ignited much political discussion before and since the district was formed in 1957. Some of these discussions have been positive, while others have become nasty. These discussions indicate that there are differences within the county resulting mainly from regional differences. This project illustrates how these discussions and the college's development have affected the college and its residents in many ways. These effects range from establishing a forum for the discussion of higher education in the county, to involving the county's citizens in the college's political arena, to the economic impact the college has had on the county, to democratizing higher education for those who otherwise would not have had the opportunity to attend college, to promoting racial integration. This project also study's how the college's presidents have been the key figures in implementing board policies and projecting the college's image to the public.

Furthermore, this study shows that COS has been a story of success. Through its controversial history, COS has become an institution that has made important educational, economic, political and social changes within Siskiyou County.

Local newspapers provided the bulk of the research material. College board minutes and reports, books, and personal interviews as well as government, state, and county documents were also consulted. The COS research department and the COS library have supplied enrollment statistics and county demographics.

The college's development and the county's political involvement throughout that development are broken logically into four distinct periods; first, the forty-two year ongoing debate of establishing a two-year college in the county; second, the political involvement of the community in establishing the college's location, its funding, and its actual construction under the administrations of the college's first two presidents, Dr. Myre! Greenshields and W.E. "Eddie" Roberts; third, the twenty-two year tenure of Dr. Eugene Schumacher, when the college enjoyed long periods of stability, but also when it had to deal with the financial setbacks after the passage of state ballot Proposition 13; and fourth, the period of political activism during the term of the current president, Dr. Martha Romero.

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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44658

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