California Community Colleges Move To Baccalaureate Degrees

Information regarding various programs both locally and nationally are found on this page. The information is listed chronologically.

California Information

A letter from Chancellor J. Scott to Chancellor Charles Reed of California State University about the Streamlining Nursing Education.

 

2012

The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) recently concluded a 5-year, comprehensive study of student transfer between California's community colleges and universities in 5 career majors, including nursing. The report features a number of key findings about nursing transfer in California's community colleges. Read the report. You can also visit their web site at www.rpgroup.org

2011

Rhode Island MIDDI: College Charter School.

Florida Prepaid College Plans: Comprehensive plan offered to families across a wide-range of financial situations providing a pathway to a college education.

 

2010

AB 2400 and Fact Sheet-Background Information provided by Louise Timmer, Ed.D, RN.

AB 2400 (Block, Anderson, and Hill): Public Post-secondary Education Community Colleges: Baccalaureate degree pilot program.

2009

AB 1455 (Hill): Community Colleges: Baccalaureate degree-pilot program.

2008

A02480-New York State Bill-BSN as entry into practice.

Bachelor of Science at Community College Task Force Recommendations.

SB 1393 (Scott) Nursing Programs (a matriculation bill): This bill would prohibit a campus of the CA State University or California Community College systems from requiring a student of a registered nursing program with a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution to complete any coursework other than that which is unique and exclusively required to earn a nursing degree from that institution. This bill specifies that a district is prohibited from either excluding an applicant on the basis that the applicant is not a district resident or has not completed prerequisite courses in that district, or from implementing policies, procedures, and systems, including, but not limited to, priority registration systems, that have the effect of excluding an applicant or student who is not a resident of that district from a registered nursing program of that district. This bill has been chaptered.

2007

ANA\C General Assembly Resolution. Collaborative Method to Assist Students to Obtain Baccalaureate.

AACN Media: Creating a More Highly Qualified Nursing Workforce.

2006

Comparison of Nursing Units between Community Colleges and California State University Nursing Programs.

Arizona Nurses Association White Paper Community Colleges Awarding Baccalaureate degrees in Nursing.

2005

Baccalaureate Options in Florida.

ESSHB 1794-Washington State Bill baccalaureate degree to under served areas.

AACN Position Statement on Baccalaureate Nursing Programs Offered by Community Colleges.

2004

American Association of State Colleges and Universities: Update on the Community College Baccalaureate(CCBA).

Project MUSE: Community College as a Baccalaureate-Granting Institution.

2001

Best Educational E-Practices (BEEP).

Higher Learning Commission Task force Summary of Baccalaureate Education in Community College Setting.

CAL-ANSWERS CA Workforce Issues: "The Nursing Shortage in California: The Public Policy Role of The California Strategic Planning Committee For Nursing" by Sara Keating RN, Ed.D, FAAN; Karen Sechrist. RN, PhD, FAAN.

The Higher Learning Commission North Central Association of Colleges and Schools-Task Force Baccalaureate Education in the Community College Setting. Read the Task Force Executive Summary February 23, 2001. Read the Task Force Meeting Report from October 31-November, 2000.

 

Other Supporting Information

AACN White Paper: Hallmarks of Professional Nursing Practice Environment What Every Nursing School Graduate Should Consider When Seeking Employment.

California Board of Registered Nursing 2008-2009 Annual School Report.