Allene Timar

Higher Education Consultant,

Policy Analysis for California Education

Allene Timar is a consultant in higher education with expertise in systemwide policy and instructional improvement. She was vice president of instruction at Napa Valley College and also vice chancellor of student services at City College of San Francisco. She was formerly an advisor and researcher for PACE. Timar received her doctorate in educational administration from the University of California, Berkeley.

updated 2004

Contributing topics

College access & postsecondary success

Publications by Allene Timar

May 2004

Ensuring Access with Quality to California’s Community Colleges

In its 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education, California became the first state to adopt an explicit public policy extending college opportunity to every adult who could benefit from it. The primary responsibility for implementing this vision was…