In the late 1800s, other state normal (teachers) schools were established in Chico, San Diego and San Francisco. Mr. Price is correct in that school names that begin with a location name in our system and end in “State University” tend to be the older campuses. San Diego State University, San Francisco State University, Humboldt State University and San José State University are all examples of “older” campus names that begin with places. But CSU, Chico is among the exceptions. And how does one explain San Fernando Valley State College (later CSU, Northridge, founded in 1957) and Sonoma State University (founded in 1960) when earlier campuses used place names last?
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