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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. said in a press release.

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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. California Community Colleges offer over 30 bachelor's degree programs. A proposed bill would provide free tuition to low-income students pursuing bachelor's degrees at California Community Colleges (CCC).

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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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New Agreement to Offer Higher Education Access in All Maryland Prisons

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Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), these students will be able to earn their bachelor's degrees or take credit-based certificate courses. Adams told BestColleges that each university is in the process of choosing exact degree programs. This gives over 700,000 Pell-eligible individuals who are incarcerated in the U.S.

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

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A proposed bill in California would give the green light to California Community Colleges (CCC) to start offering bachelor's degrees in nursing. Only two UC campuses, UC Irvine and UCLA, offer bachelor's degrees in nursing. The CCC Baccalaureate Degree Program began in 2014. California Sen.

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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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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.