Original Source: Cal Matters
Reporter: Mikhail Zinshteyn and Jeremy Garza
Date: November 20, 2024
Link: https://calmatters.org/education/2024/11/cal-maritime-cal-poly-merger/
In a bid to forestall its financial disintegration, Cal Maritime, California’s smallest public university, is merging with one of the state’s most selective and financially stable universities, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. It’s a move that’ll conjoin a Bay Area campus that trains students for a life at sea to a school 250 miles away that’s known for agriculture and engineering.
The state’s Lt. Gov, Eleni Kounalakis, a trustee member, said “this is, without question, the most exciting thing that has happened” in her six years of serving on the board. The consolidation is “going to elevate both of these campuses.”