Cal State pushes back on community college plan to offer bachelor's degrees
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For more than a year, the California Community College and the California State University systems have clashed over their respective roles.
The focus of the dispute: Who should be granting bachelor's degrees?
The Cal State Chancellor's Office says many community colleges are stepping outside their bounds by proposing bachelor's programs that duplicate what Cal State campuses already offer. Community colleges disagree.
The issue goes to the core missions of these higher education systems and the
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That's when California's Master Plan for Higher Education laid out the roles for each system. For the state's community colleges, the plan says they were designed to award two-year associate degrees and provide career training, while the Cal State system would offer four-year bachelor's and master's degrees and the University of California system would prioritize research and doctoral programs.
Now a new law allows the community college system to approve up to 30 new bachelor's degree programs
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