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Gov. Brown signs bill extending four-year degree program at community colleges

Original post made on Sep 21, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a bill to extend a pilot program that allows the state's community colleges to offer four-year bachelor's degree programs in specific fields.

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a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Sep 21, 2018 at 2:13 pm

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Posted by William Hitchens
a resident of Waverly Park
on Sep 21, 2018 at 2:35 pm

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As I understand the present system, CC's can offer a 4-year degree only after proving that no local public college or university offers a similar program. Due to the severe shortage of qualified nurses in the Bay Area, I'd love to see the CC's offering 2-year and 4-year nursing-related degrees. Problem is, such programs are horribly expensive, require access to hospitals and patients, and both the State and the CC's are severely cash strapped to implement them. The FHDA district is having trouble just keeping their existing programs running.


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