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California Community Colleges Will Add 7 New Bachelor’s Degrees

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The California Community Colleges system will offer seven new bachelor's degree programs. The degree programs include healthcare, automotive education, and aviation maintenance. All degrees are exclusive to the California Community Colleges and aren't offered at state universities.

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California Community Colleges Adds 6 New Bachelor’s Degrees

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The California Community Colleges system will offer six more bachelor's degree programs. The newest offerings bring the total number of bachelor's degrees the system offers to 39. Six new bachelor's degree programs have been approved to be offered by the California Community Colleges (CCC) system.

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California Bill Proposes Free Tuition for Low-Income Students Pursuing Bachelor’s Degrees at Community Colleges

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The bill would allow low-income students to pursue bachelor's degrees at community colleges tuition-free. It would extend the two years of free community college already offered to qualifying students to four. California Community Colleges offer over 30 bachelor's degree programs.

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Proposed Bill Would Allow Certain California Community Colleges to Offer 4-Year Nursing Degrees

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The bill would allow several community colleges with existing two-year nursing programs to offer a four-year nursing program. California Community Colleges' nursing programs make up more than half of the total nursing schools in the state, a 2022 report says. California Sen.

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Cal State Concerned About 7 Proposed California Community College Bachelor’s Degrees

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In 2021, the California Legislature authorized California Community Colleges to propose bachelor's degree programs. California State University (CSU) this week raised concerns that seven of California Community College's proposed bachelor's programs are too similar to existing programs offered at a nearby CSU campus.

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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Number of Liberal Arts Bachelor's Degrees Declining For the liberal arts and humanities disciplines, the world has been changing for 50 years. Since the 1970s, the number of degrees conferred in the humanities has dropped fairly steadily , and that decline has picked up steam in recent years. of bachelor's degree recipients.

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National College Completion Rate Stalls for 3rd Year in a Row: Report

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Earlier, the state used $24 million to collect data on how college students experience food insecurity. College Completion Rates for BIPOC Students Are Stalling and Declining Black and Hispanic students saw slight completion rate growth at community colleges but declining completion rates at public four-year institutions.