California Community Colleges Toying With The Idea Of Offering Bachelor’s Degrees.

The need for highly trained people is on the rise and an Associates degree is just not enough for the competing world.  The

idea is to offer highly sought after degrees such as nursing, and respiratory therapy; there are very few programs such as these currently available, which is forcing students to look outside the state of California.  The aim is to make the completion of a bachelor’s degree quicker, hassle free and less expensive than transferring.

Many students transfer to another state university to complete their four-year degree making it more costly for both the student and for the state of California; we lose the valuable professional graduates.  The major concerns for the project are:  funding, the overall quality of the programs provided, tuition, credentialed professors and lastly, whether or not it will take students away from the already established four year university?

I think it is a great idea...if they can keep the quality of the courses of a high standard of course, the cost low, and have credentialed professors they will have be onto a winner! I love the concept and I hope they are able to make it happen, I see a lot of students going to a for-profit school to complete their degree, which is very costly;  why not have a program more affordable and less of a hassle for the student., it’s about time.  I look forward to seeing the transition.

Amber Williams

Bearla International Studies. 

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