1850 American Gold Tycoon

"Principal Woolsey, I think you have gained an understanding of the situation in California through your inspections over the past few days."

After Woolsey visited major cities in California for a week, Liang Yao and California Secretary of Education Pillman received Woolsey.

"Speaker Liang, Secretary Pillman, the situation in California is much better than I expected." Woolsey politely shook hands with Liang Yao and Pillman.

"Although California's higher education is relatively weak, California's primary and secondary education are very popular. California is one of the states that I have seen that does the best basic education."

This is not Woolsey trying to flatter Liang Yao. California is indeed at the forefront of the times when it comes to public education. Even if it doesn't rank first in the United States, it's more than enough to rank in the first echelon.

In the mid-19th century, the American education system was relatively decentralized and fragmented, lacking nationwide unified planning and coordination.

The education system in the United States is primarily run by state governments rather than the federal government. Each state is responsible for developing and enforcing its own education policies and laws.

The federal government also has no relevant federal agencies to lead and supervise education affairs nationwide.

Education in the United States basically means that each state formulates its own education policies and laws that suit its own state conditions.

At present, except for California and Oklahoma, the remaining states have not yet established a dedicated Ministry of Education to take charge of their state's education work.

But they have boards of education or similar bodies to manage and supervise education. These committees are typically appointed or elected by the state and are composed of education experts and citizen representatives.

During this period, the development of the American education system was slow and uneven, and there were great differences in education levels and resource allocation.

Some states have adopted more advanced education policies and systems, such as Connecticut. It is a state in the United States that has done very well in education during this period.

After the American Revolution, Connecticut began to establish a public school system to ensure that citizens throughout the state could receive basic education.

Connecticut was also the first state in the United States to adopt a compulsory education law, which required all children to receive education and that education must be free.

But the education system in other states is relatively backward, such as in southern states and border states that were established later and are economically backward.

Woolsey served as chairman of the Connecticut State Board of Education and had a positive attitude toward public education. It is believed that the government should use public resources to provide basic education and protect the education rights of the poor.

The reason why Liang Yao invited Yale University in Connecticut to cooperate in running schools in California was that Liang Yao and Yale University had successful examples of cooperation in the international student project.

The agreement between Liang Yao and Woolsey in certain educational philosophies is also an important reason.

Of course, the most fundamental reason is that Connecticut’s education is very strong.

Whether it is basic education or higher education, private education or public education, Connecticut during this period was the best among the states in the United States.

However, being outstanding does not mean that Connecticut’s educational strength is the strongest in the United States. The state with the strongest education in the United States during this period was Massachusetts, also known as Massachusetts. The famous Harvard University and MIT are both from this state.

"The quality of immigrants is low. If we want to improve the quality of immigrants, we can only start with school-age children." Liang Yao said.

“Children are California’s future.”

There are literacy classes and other similar organizations in California that provide literacy services for illiterate adults, but the role of these organizations is limited to teaching you to read and recognize words. It cannot cultivate high-quality professionals.

Professional talents in California are mainly introduced from other states and even abroad through talent introduction programs.

If California wants to cultivate high-quality professional talents, in addition to providing basic education, it must establish a complete system that runs from primary education to higher education.

And higher education is California’s shortcomings.

Since there are not enough high-quality colleges and universities in the state, the Department of Education has to send high-achieving students to states with strong colleges and universities such as Massachusetts and Connecticut.

"I wholeheartedly agree." Woolsey nodded and continued, "I heard that you have designated a piece of land in the Berkeley area for the construction of a university. Can we visit it?"

"Of course, please come with me." Liang Yao asked Carnegie to prepare a small steamer.

After the steamer arrived, the group boarded the steamer and headed to Berkeley.

In 1855, San Francisco's population exceeded 300,000, accounting for almost one-third of the state's population.

Due to California's rapid urbanization, San Francisco's Old Town has become overcrowded.

The population of San Francisco has been spreading to the coastal areas of Jinshan Bay. Up to now, Jinshan Bay has formed three large districts: Liangyao District (San Jose), Fremont District, and Oakland District.

However, due to the lack of special policy support, Berkeley in northern Oakland has limited appeal to immigrants, so the development of Berkeley is relatively lagging behind.

Berkeley has a population of only more than 10,000, which is relatively small among the many emerging urban areas in Jinshan Bay.

But there are also advantages to having a small population, and that is quietness.

Moreover, Berkeley is also very close to the main city of San Francisco, with a dedicated air route. The Berkeley area has beautiful scenery, and it is more suitable to develop it into a university town.

Before the launch of the partnership with Yale University, four colleges and universities had already settled in the University Town of Berkeley.

One is the California Normal School, which was founded after the integration of Li Mission School. This school mainly trains teachers for primary and secondary schools across California. The other three schools are the Jinshan Business School established by Liang Yao to train managers for the Americas Group and provide training for the California Railroad Company. the California Railroad Institute for railroad talent, and the Pratt \u0026 Whitney Mechanical Institute established by Pratt \u0026 Whitney.

It is said that Kony is also planning to launch an engineering college now.

“This empty university is CalChem?”

After riding a horse around the university town, Woolsey stopped in front of a university. The building of this university was the best among all universities, and it seemed to cover the largest area. However, the university was empty inside. There are no students or teachers, just a sprinkling of security personnel and construction workers.

Woolsey asked, unable to control his curiosity.

Although higher education in California started late and is weak, it has also cultivated the state's top majors, such as the Sinology major of California Normal University and the chemical engineering major of California Chemical Engineering.

The chemical engineering major of the California Institute of Chemical Technology is unique in the industry. In the field of petroleum-related chemical engineering, the academic and scientific research level of the school is unique in the world.

After all, only California in the world has its own complete chemical industry chain.

"California Chemical is in Los Angeles." Liang Yao explained.

"This is the University of California in the future. If your school can reach a cooperation with us, this will be the campus. Student apartments and professors' villas have been built. If you are willing to stay and teach here, we will give you a free villa."

California Institute of Chemical Technology is located in Los Angeles, where the chemical industry is developed. This school is a higher education school focused on by the Ministry of Education. The current president of California Institute of Chemical Technology is Nobel's father, Nobel.

This school was specially prepared by California to open the University of California. In order to build this university, California invested more than 700,000 US dollars.

When they heard that they were given a villa, the accompanying team of Yale University professors couldn't help but their eyes lit up.

California has promised that if they are willing to teach in California, California is willing to provide them with three times their salary at Yale University, and the scientific research funds required for scientific research will also be provided by California.

The California government can also connect them with relevant companies to ensure that their scientific research results can be put into application as soon as possible.

These conditions are already very attractive, and now the house is being given away directly. This made many accompanying professors ready to take action.

Before coming to California, many professors at Yale University just took a look first and did not decide to stay in California to teach.

At this time, many professors at Yale University were tempted by the favorable conditions proposed by California.

They asked Liang Yao to take them inside for a look. They wanted to see what the living environment and conditions provided for professors at the University of California were like.

Liang Yao happily agreed and took them around the villa area on campus.

These villas were built by Kony's construction company. The construction standards are the same as commercial villas in California. Except for the possibly tacky earthy flavor in the design, there are no quality problems.

Berkeley has beautiful mountains and clear waters. Here you can see the rolling and mist-shrouded mountains in the distance, which is refreshing and refreshing.

In front of the villa, there is a clear stream flowing through, and the green water reflects the surrounding lush woods, which is beautiful.

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The villas consist of spacious living rooms, comfortable bedrooms and luxurious bathrooms, each room decorated with the utmost exquisiteness.

The living room has a soft sofa and a gorgeous marble coffee table, where you can not only relax with a drink, but also enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the window.

The backyard of the villa is a green lawn exuding fresh fragrance, surrounded by a variety of flowers and fruit trees, which is not only beautiful but also fragrant.

Here, you can enjoy a sense of tranquility and peace, away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

"It's good here, but it's too remote and the transportation is a bit inconvenient." A professor complained.

"The railway from the University of California to Oakland is already being laid. This railway will use Calrail's most advanced locomotive Pioneer 2. It will only take less than an hour from the University of California to Oakland." Liang Yao said with a smile.

"In addition, the Pacific Railway will be completed next year. By then, you can board the train directly at the University of California and go to anywhere in the east. There is also a special telegraph room on the University of California campus for everyone to use for free. Although California is remote, it will not affect you. academic exchanges.”

"President Liang is really thoughtful." Hearing what Liang Yao said, the complaining professor no longer had any worries.