What is El Plan de Santa Barbara?
In April of 1969, the Chicano Coordinating Council on Higher Education held a conference at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Participants were interested in creating programs to help Chicana and Chicano students attending California’s colleges and universities. The result was a master plan for the creation of curriculum and the related auxiliary services and structure essential to facilitate Chicana and Chicano access to those institutions. This plan was called “El Plan de Santa Barbara”.
