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Sunday, September 3, 2023

Divergent Paths to UC and CSU

From the Bruin: Transfer students expressed disappointment with the UC’s recent decision to oppose a bill standardizing public university transfer admission requirements. According to Assembly Bill 1749, community college students who have earned an Associate Degree for Transfer will have guaranteed admission to CSUs. According to the bill, if the UC Board of Regents were to adopt AB 1749, transfer students who attained an ADT with a 3.0 grade point average would be given priority admission to the UC system as well.

The UC’s rejection of AB 1749 this summer opposes the creation of a single transfer pathway for California public universities. Without the bill, transfer students must continue to fulfill specific admission requirements when applying to transfer to the UCs and CSUs, according to the UC Academic Senate’s rejection report of AB 1749.

According to the rejection report, several factors influenced the UCs decision to oppose the bill. The report stated that requirements for different fields of studies, including many STEM courses, in the UC and CSU systems don’t align, which means upper division requirements and degree programs would take significantly more time to complete for transfer students...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2023/08/27/transfer-students-express-disappointment-as-uc-opposes-transfer-bill.

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