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UC-San Diego Drops Transfer Guarantee, Rankling 2-Year Colleges
Leaders of San Diego and Imperial County community colleges have publicly rebuked the University of California at San Diego for its plan to drop a longstanding transfer policy that guarantees admission to local community college students who take certain courses and maintain a high grade-point average. In a letter to Marye Anne Fox, the university's chancellor, an association representing the two-year colleges called the decision a "dramatic shift" that "communicates the message to our students and communities that UCSD is closing its doors to San Diego and Imperial County community college students." The university has cited budget and capacity problems as reasons behind the move. paul: worth making some sort of link to sjsu stuff? https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/04/11/san-jose-state-university... or are they too different? dl
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