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is the offices of the president and his staff associates (the equivalent of our "consolidated" administration) are situated in Berkeley. Just as we use the word ' consolidated' to differentiate our central administrative offices of the University, they use the word 'statewide'. Thus, the president is a 'statewide' officer, whereas the chancellors are the chief campus officers of the component institutions.

"The University is governed by a Board of Regents composed of twenty-four members, eight of them ex-officio, including the Governor, who appoints the regular members when vacancies occur.

"There is in California a Coordinating Council for Higher Education composed of fifteen members and constituted as follows: Three members from the University, three from the State colleges, three from the community colleges, three from the private institutions of higher education in California, and three public members. It is the function of this Council to plan and make studies for higher education in the State, and to advise the Regents, the State college trustees, the Governor and
the Legislature regarding educational matters.

"The subcommittee spent three full days in California. They were busy days but they were also enjoyable because we felt all the while that the venture was abundantly justified by what we were learning. The first day we met with the entire complement of statewide administrative officers with the exception of the president. They explained and illustrated with charts and illustrative materials the background and aims of the California Master Plan for Higher Education. They gave us the benefit of their experience in guiding the development of their multiplex institutions, and answered our questions about such subjects as: the part played by the University in the total educational system of the State; the allocation of functions as between institutions within the University and among different segments of the higher educational system; the problems of expansion of University offerings, of incorporating existing institutions into the University, of establishing new campuses relationships between the component institutions of the University, between levels of administration, between faculties.

"On the same day, after lunch, we conferred with the Chancellor of the University at Berkeley and several of his associates and with the Director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education which is a part