California's Community Colleges Award Bachelor Programs to 15 Campuses
Today, the community college board announced their decision. The list of the 15 colleges out of the 34 that applied to award Bachelor Degrees were named. The urgency to get people trained is so critical; that e
ven President Obama is offering community colleges for FREE to working adults..
With that said, College has just become a lot more reasonable in cost for those who might be seeking a Bachelor’s Degree in mortuary work, ranch management or consumer technology design.
Under legislation signed last fall by Gov. Jerry Brown, the system’s governing board on Tuesday tentatively approved four-year degree programs at 15 community college campuses that will be introduced over the next three academic years.
Advocates of community college bachelor’s degrees, which already are in place in 21 other states, have pushed for their introduction in California to generate up to an additional 1 million degrees in the state workforce by 2025. Senate Bill 850 allowed for up to 15 pilot degrees in majors not offered by the University of California or California State University, with the aim of meeting demand for highly trained workers in technical fields.
The community college system’s “core mission of job training means we have to change to four-year degrees,” Sen. Marty Block, D-San Diego, who authored SB 850, said at a news conference following the vote. “California should never be behind the curve, and now we are no longer behind the curve.”
A committee selected the 15 college programs from among “34 tremendously done proposals,” taking into consideration the labor market needs and the ability of colleges to deliver on their applications, as well as geographic, institutional and subject diversity.
The board will consider final approval for the plan in March, after consulting with UC and CSU. The pilot degrees must be carried out by the 2017-18 academic year and will sunset in 2022-23.
APPROVED PROGRAMS
▪ Antelope Valley College: airframe manufacturing
▪ Bakersfield College: industrial automation
▪ Crafton Hills College: emergency services and allied health systems
▪ Cypress College: mortuary science
▪ Feather River College: equine industry
▪ Foothill College: dental hygiene
▪ Mira Costa College: bio-manufacturing
▪ Modesto Junior College: respiratory care
▪ Rio Hondo College: automotive technology
▪ San Diego Mesa College: health information management
▪ Santa Ana College: occupational studies
▪ Santa Monica College: interaction design
▪ Shasta College: health information management
▪ Skyline College: respiratory therapy
▪ West Los Angeles College: dental hygiene
Anyone who is looking to retrain with an SJDB Voucher should contact us so we can assist them with the school selection and process! I am very excited to see Antelope Valley on the list, and sad to see that LA Trade Tech was not considered.... I would have thought that school would have been a natural for BA degrees.
Anyone who is looking to retrain with an SJDB Voucher should contact us so we can assist them with the school selection and process! I am very excited to see Antelope Valley on the list, and sad to see that LA Trade Tech was not considered.... I would have thought that school would have been a natural for BA degrees.
