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Cal State San Marcos describes expansion plans to boost regional degree output, housing and career pathways
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Cal State San Marcos officials told an Assembly committee the campus is expanding academic programs and housing capacity to supply graduates for San Diego-area industries, highlighting dual-enrollment pathways, engineering and a new wellness degree aimed at high-demand health fields.
California State University San Marcos leaders told the Assembly Committee on Economic Development that the campus is scaling programs and housing to help meet regional workforce needs.
“ We were founded only 35 years ago,” Dr. Ellen Neufeld, president of California State University San Marcos, said as she described the campus’s rapid growth and mission of social mobility. Neufeld said the university enrolls nearly 17,000 students, houses roughly 2,200 people on campus and expects to open about 550 additional student beds next year through state-supported affordable housing funding; she…
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