The California State University System added a third Polytechnic University on Wednesday when the Trustee Board unanimously voted to convert unanimity to Humboldt State University in a polytechnic institution.
The public university in Northern California will now focus predominantly in science. , Technology, Engineering and Mathematical Disciplines and Plans to expand its infrastructure and academic offerings over the next nine years to comply with the anticipated enrollment growth. Polytechnic institutions are usually more oriented to the race than general education or universities of liberal arts.
"This is an affirmation of what we believed that our campus will be for decades," said Tom Jackson, president of the newly appointed California. State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. "We are already extremely strong in science, liberal arts, ocean and marine science, forestry, all those things, it is not a great stretch for us as a university to amplify and add additional programs, particularly in the engineering areas , Technology and Agriculture ".
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The California State University System already includes two Polytechnic Universities, the Polytechnic University of the State of California, San Luis Bishop, which is The nine hours by automobile south of Cal Poly Humboldt, and the Polytechnic University of California State, Pomona, located near Los Angeles. Jackson expects Cal Poly Humboldt to help meet the growing student demand for polytechnic education in the state. < / P>
"There are more than 20,000 students who do not enter Cal Poly Pomona or Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and want, "Jackson said. "We are saying: 'Here is a new option for you'".
Cal Poly Humboldt has been working with Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Bishop as it is prepared for the transition to a polytechnic, said Joseph I. Castro, Chancellor of the CSU system. googleg.cmd.push (function () googleg.display ("dfp-ad-article_in_article"););
"The two Cala Poly campuses have been supporting the development of a CAL POLY campus in Humboldt, providing advice from the faculty, and the presidents have gathered to discuss this idea," said Castro. "There will be many ways in which they will work together, either in terms of research, strategies to support the growing development of Baccalaureate receptors of stems, and many other collaborative areas."
Cal Poly Humboldt currently enrolls some 6,600 students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. That number is expected to bend during the next seven years, Jackson said.
"A challenge is making sure that we can grow our infrastructure, in particular our home, to keep us up to date with the interest that will come with being a polytechnic university," he said.
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the State Legislature of California and the Governor Gavin Newsom approved $ 458 million to sow the expansion of the university. Of that total, $ 433 million will be assigned as a single financing, that university officials plan to spend on student housing, broadband infrastructure and aggregate academic programming. The remaining $ 25 million in recurring funds will support new academic programs and encourage economic growth in Humboldt County.
The state investment is "an economic boom for a very historically depressed region," said Jackson. "I think that's why he has trapped so much interest within California and Partic
