A bill has been introduced in Colorado to allow community colleges to offer 4-year degrees. An article in the Denver Post (Colorado community colleges pushing bill allowing four-year degrees - The Denver Post) mentions that 20 other states allow CCs to offer 4-year degrees. Can anyone name these states and what degrees are offered? Maybe one can earn upper division credit at some of these CCs.
Here are three off the top of head in Florida. They just renamed them "State College" instead of "Jr College" and offer BS degrees Distance Learning - Online Degrees and Certificates - Florida State College was Florida Community College of Jacksonville St. Petersburg College - St Petersburg College was St Petersburg Jr College Bachelors Degree Programs - - Indian River State College was Indian River Community College
Here you go. Follow the link then click on 'membership' for the list: Community College Baccalaureate Association
Oops. Try this for a list of conferring colleges: Baccalaureate Conferring Locations « Community College Baccalaureate Association
Florida has essentially done away with CC's. I believe all of them are now called "State College" and offer 4 year degree's, For the most part what I have seen are general degrees like Business or Management, with additional degree's offered in specific areas the school already managed, Like Valencia CC BS degree in Radiology and Imaging Science FAQ - Bachelor Degrees - Valencia College Many do seem to be of the BAS variety...which makes sense considering the source Catalog 2012-13: Student Information: Academic Programs and Prerequisite Courses for the Major: Academic Programs and Prerequisite Courses for the Major Print Page - Seminole State College of Florida One of my Alma-maters is among the larger Criminal Justice Certifying Agencies and they now offer a BS in CJ, a BAS in Business, and an RN to BSN bridge.Home Florida's Governor Rick Scott has challenged these schools to turn out graduates with a 4 year degree fro around/under $10K I would think these credits would readily transfer to one of the Big 3 or other institution of higher learning. I'm interested to see if this could become a 3+1 transfer to a State University....interesting way to save a little money.
I don't really understand this idea. Is anyone here familiar with the concept? Is the idea just that they don't have dorms, or that the CCs simply came up and took a big bite of the apple when no one was paying attention?
An old article that explains the Florida situation pretty well: Not Just a Foot in the Door | Inside Higher Ed
