Currently, 15 of the state’s 116 community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees in fields such as industrial automation, dental hygiene and bio-manufacturing through a pilot program launched in 2014.
, a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in October. It also allows the state’s community college system to expand by 30 new bachelor’s degree programs annually.
“Our technology is outpacing our training,” Rozell said. “We’re not focused on teaching our students agility. They need the ability to adapt to emerging technology.” Initially, he noticed some students in biomanufacturing weren’t transferring to receive their degrees. But he said he knows students who never thought they would get a degree who are moving on to graduate school, thanks to the program.
She is researching community college baccalaureate degree programs as a professor of education at UCLA. She said her research shows that students are embracing the programs, and they are getting jobs with good wages when they finish.report Rios-Aguilar said there’s room to do better but that the research points toward the importance of embracing the programs in California’s largest higher education system. She encouraged colleges to pay attention, continuously assess the programs and form learning communities.
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