Colleges are swiftly shortening bachelor degree programs to three years

Needing to fill seats and facing demand for faster routes to jobs, more colleges are shortening their degree programs.
The Hechinger Report

Faster, thinner: Colleges are swiftly trimming a B.A. degree to three years

Johnson & Wales University. The university has launched in-person three-year bachelor’s degrees that can be earned with fewer than the traditional 120 credits, part of a fast-moving national trend.
American Enterprise Institute

A Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree? Let’s Give It a Try.

A growing number of colleges are experimenting with a new model for undergraduate education: the three-year bachelor’s degree. Last month, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education voted to allow ...

PA colleges, universities could see three-year bachelor’s degree program

A Pennsylvania Senator is looking to create a three-year bachelor’s degree program in the Commonwealth. Typically, a bachelor ...
East Bay Times

Bachelor’s degrees at California community colleges? Lawmakers say yes, UC and CSU say slow down.

In the past two years, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed three bills that would have allowed community colleges to award students more bachelor’s degrees. Unfazed, lawmakers are now backing a fourth bill that ...