California Pacific University

California Pacific University
Motto Tradition With An Independent Spirit
Type For-Profit
Established 1976
President Dr. David Oxenhandler, PHD[1]
Location Pinole, California, US
Campus Distance education
Website www.cpu.edu

California Pacific University or Cal Pacific University is a state-approved distance learning business school based in Contra Costa County of Northern California. The university is geard mainly towards adult professionals in business and management seeking to advance in their careers[2]

Establishment and History

CPU was founded by Dr N. Charles Dalton, Ph.D in 1976 to provide alternative educational programs for adults wishing to obtain bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees and to provide a solid and complete business education 100% off campus.[3] [4]

California Pacific University was the first collegiate institution to be approved under the qualitative standards mandated by the State of California Educational Reform Act of 1977. Moreover, it was the first institution approved by the State of California to offer academic degree programs by distance study without residency requirements.[5] In a 1989 report protecting the integrity of California degrees to the Governor and to the California Legislature, the California Postsecondary Education Commission cited California Pacific University’s quality programs as follows:

“California Pacific University … was established in 1976 to train professional managers who are capable of exercising leadership in a variety of settings -- public as well as private,who are skilled in the theoretical, analytical, and human resources areas of management, and who respect the dignity and worth of the individuals with whom they work. It offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctor’s degrees only in its particular area of expertise -- business and management-- rather than trying to cover a wide variety of fields, as do some other State approved universities .”[6]

The University's Master of Arts (MA) in Management and Human Behavior is California's oldest California State Approved distance learning degree program. Students are enrolled in programs designed for the achievement of personal, professional, and career goals.[7]

State Approval and Authority

California Pacific University is approved by the California state Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education as required under California Education Code section 94893 and 94894 and Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations Code section 71660 to grant Bachelors of Business Administration, Masters of Business Administration, Masters of Arts in Management, Health Care and Human Behavior, Doctor of Business Administration and PHD's in Management...[8] California Pacific University appears on the current California state Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education list of approved institutions to grant degrees.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cpu.edu/catalog/2013_CaliforniaPacificUniversity_updated20130610.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.distancelearning.org/california-pacific-university/
  3. ↑ http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/
  4. ↑ http://www.gradschools.com/graduate-schools-in-united-states/online/california-pacific-university/management-and-human-behavior-230356
  5. ↑ http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED312972.pdf
  6. ↑ http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED312972.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.collegecrunch.org/school-profiles/california/california-pacific-university/
  8. ↑ CA BPPE School Detail
  9. ↑ California Postsecondary Education Commission

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Coordinates: 33°7′34″N 117°4′4″W / 33.12611°N 117.06778°W / 33.12611; -117.06778


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