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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">tel (707) 524-1731<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>From:</b> Rudolph, Mary Kay <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 11, 2015 12:10<br>
<b>To:</b> Rudolph, Mary Kay <mrudolph@santarosa.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> PRESS RELEASE: Tranfer Degrees Awarded Doubles Over the Past Year<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is pretty amazing news for our students. FYI! mk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>From:</b> Chief Instructional Officers <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chancellor's Office of Communications<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> PRESS RELEASE: Tranfer Degrees Awarded Doubles Over the Past Year<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">To view this press release on our website or to access it in a different file format (i.e.
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">December 10, 2015</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Paige Marlatt Dorr<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%">Number of Associate Degrees for Transfer Awarded Nearly Doubles in
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%">California Community Colleges Over the Past Year<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%">Streamlined transfer pathway guarantees admission to California State University
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>SACRAMENTO, Calif.</i> – The Associate Degree for Transfer program, a joint venture between the California Community Colleges and the California State Universities (CSU) systems, is showing rapid and marked success as it continues to
grow. The number of degrees awarded through the program in 2014-2015 is nearly double the number of degrees awarded the year before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Data released by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office shows that 20,644 students earned Associate Degrees for Transfer in the 2014-15 academic year compared to 11,448 degrees awarded in 2013-14.
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<p class="MsoNormal">“We are thrilled by the growing success of the Associate Degree for Transfer program, said California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris. “This program offers students an affordable path to a four-year degree, without compromising
the quality of education. Because of the time and money saved through this program, it’s a win-win for both students and the state of California.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="http://www.adegreewithaguarantee.com/"><i>Associate Degree for Transfer</i></a> program, now in its fourth year, provides community college students with guaranteed admission to the CSU system and priority admission to a CSU
campus. Once admitted, students complete an additional 60 units to earn a bachelor’s degree.<span style="color:#010101;background:white"> There are currently more than 1,900 associate degrees for transfer offered in a wide variety of subject areas.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The two higher education systems have also made it easier for students to chart their path to a bachelor’s degree with a new search tool on the program’s website
<a href="http://www.adegreewithaguarantee.com/"><i>www.adegreewithaguarantee.com</i></a>. The tool allows students to search degree disciplines offered at different community colleges and identify CSU campuses as potential transfer destinations for earning
bachelor’s degrees in the same discipline.<span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of 72 districts and 113 colleges serving 2.1 million students per year. Community colleges supply workforce training, basic skills education in English and math, and prepare students for transfer to four-year institutions. The Chancellor’s Office provides
leadership, advocacy and support under the direction of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. For more information about the community colleges, please visit
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