Editing University of California (section)

===Becoming a research university===

Section 1 of the Organic Act authorized the university to "provide instruction and complete education" in many different fields and professions,<ref>See [https://books.google.com/books?id=srpAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA248 Cal. Stats., 17th sess., 1867–1868, ch. 244, § 1, p. 248].</ref> but the text of the Organic Act is notably silent about [[research]].<ref name="Stadtman_Page_509">{{cite book |last1=Stadtman |first1=Verne A. |title=The University of California, 1868–1968 |url=https://archive.org/details/universityofcali00stad |url-access=registration |date=1970 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/universityofcali00stad/page/508 508-509] }}</ref>  It was not until the 1930s, during the administration of President Sproul, that UC's mission drifted away from its traditional focus on instruction—which became the province of the California State University—and towards research.<ref name="Stadtman_Page_509" />  Sproul started to speak of UC's missions as "teaching, research, and public service",<ref name="Stadtman_Page_509" /> which remains true today.<ref name="UC Mission">{{cite web |title=About UCOP: UC's Mission |url=https://www.ucop.edu/about/mission/index.html |website=University of California Office of the President |publisher=Regents of the University of California}}</ref> Thus, UC evolved into a research university whose faculty and staff would perform research to contribute directly to society, as opposed to indirect contributions by instructing students to equip them with the skills needed to later perform research in their own careers.<ref name="Stadtman_Page_509" /> The Master Plan for Higher Education, as enacted into state law in 1960, provides that UC "shall be the primary state-supported academic agency for research".<ref name="section66010.4">[https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC&sectionNum=66010.4. California Education Code Section 66010.4].</ref>