The Master Plan for Higher Education for the state of California is examined in its relationship to the community colleges of that state. The sections of this monograph are as follows: Community College Characteristics; Enrollment Growth; Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges; Two-Year Institutions; Local Control; Coordinating Council for Higher Education; proficiency levels any developmental courses that must be taken before the student and Number of Campuses; Goals, Purposes and Priorities; Who Should Determine Which Goals?; Role of Manpower Projections; Accountability Consistent with Goals of Post-Secondary Education; Is There a Quantifiable Product or Output of Post-Secondary Education?; Who Is Post-Secondary Education for?; and What Assumptions about Society and Its Future Should Underlie Statement of Goals and Purposes of Post-Secondary Education? (DB)