Dive Summary:
- A California bill would make it easier for community college students to transfer to a California State University school by making transferable associate's degrees more available to students.
- Community colleges were already supposed to be working toward this goal, but progress is a hodgepodge: One school offers 90% of the transferable degrees it aimed to have, while another offers just 16% of those degrees.
- A director for an education nonprofit said the confusion is causing students to spend more time and money at the community college level.
From the article:
... "There are many of our community colleges that have done hardly any work, that have met only the minimum threshold, which is to have one associate's transfer degree in place," Oakley said. "There's some valid criticisms. At the same time, there has been a lot of good work. SB 440 is trying to help continue build momentum and move this along." ...
