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CSUSB Palm Desert Campus to Admit Freshmen
The San Bernardino-based University says the will start admitting freshmen on the Palm Desert campus beginning in 2013.
For the first time, California State University, San Bernardino’s campus in Palm Desert will accept incoming freshmen.
According to spokesman Mike Singer, up to 50 freshmen will be admitted beginning in Fall 2013.
“Out goal is to provide the sufficient resources to support a limited lower-division program, in co-operation with College of the Desert,” CSUSB President Albert Karnig said. “…More students will see their way through to earn their degrees and build the anticipated workforce to fill employment needs in the Coachella Valley.”
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The campus, established on the College of the Desert Campus in 1986, has served only upper-division and graduate students. Students typically did their lower-division classwork at COD, or another community college, before transferring to the CSUSB campus in Palm Desert.
“These cooperative efforts, among others, clearly demonstrate that both institutions desire to work together to serve the Coachella Valley,” said Fred Jandt, Dean of the CSUSB Palm Desert campus.
