North Country Higher Education Alliance
An Idiosyncratic History of the Early Years
Julie Hatoff, Co-Founder
June 2, 2005
In 1990, the three Vice Presidents of Instruction from SDSU North County Center, Palomar College, and MiraCosta College applied for funding to bring the founding faculty of the new CSUSM together with their colleagues at Palomar College and MiraCosta College.
Coordinators Dick Rush, Jan Moser, and Julie Hatoff invited about thirty participants from the three institutions to Murrietta Hot Springs the weekend of April 27-29 for The Great Colleges Seminar.
Short essays provided the agenda for the retreat. Out of the intense dialogue came cooperative efforts ranging from developing curriculum to disposing of hazardous wastes.
Over the next couple years of this consortium, degrees and majors were aligned; library service were coordinated; job fairs for employees and students were held; calendars were matched up; cultural activities were jointly promoted; directories were published, etc.