AB 1291 - Follow Up

From EdSource: In a bid to make it easier for California’s community college students to transfer to the University of California, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Tuesday to create a new transfer pathway between the two systems. The transfer pathway created by Assembly Bill 1291 will start as a pilot program at UCLA, with students getting priority admission if they complete an associate degree for transfer in select majors beginning in the 2026-27 academic year. 

The specific majors haven’t yet been determined, but UCLA will have to identify at least eight and another four by 2028-29. At least four of the majors will be in a science, technology, engineering or math field. The new pathway would expand to at least four additional UC campuses, also in limited majors, by 2028-29.

The bill doesn’t, however, guarantee students admission to their chosen campus. If a student is not admitted to their preferred campus, the student will be redirected and admitted to another campus...

Full story at https://edsource.org/2023/newsom-signs-bill-creating-new-transfer-pilot-program-between-uc-and-community-colleges/698622.

As we have noted in the past, creating more paths to admission doesn't increase capacity. We have recently suggested one way in which UCLA might add some of the physical infrastructure that is needed to add physical capacity:

http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2023/10/uclas-connection-to-santa-monica-civic.html.