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Self-Supporting Programs

A new Policy on Self-Supporting Graduate Degree Programs was adopted in September 2011. Since 1996, when the original policy was adopted, there has been slow but steady growth in the number of self-supporting professional programs. UC now has over 40 such programs, enrolling over 4,000 students and generating over $100 million in fee revenue. These programs address very specific workforce needs as well as generating resources to support core academic departments.

Background Information

1979 Policy on Part-Time, Off-Campus Professional Graduate Degree Programs (pdf)

1996 Policy on Self-Supporting Part-Time Graduate Professional Degree Programs and Implementation Guidelines (pdf)

CCGA recommendations to the 1996 Policy (pdf)

Commission on the Future – Education and Curriculum work group Recommendation #3 (pdf)

Delegation of Authority to the President to Set Fees for Self-Supporting Degree Programs (pdf)

List of current Self-Supporting Programs – Nov. 2010 (pdf)

Self-Supporting Graduate Degree Programs and Policy at the University of California, 2008 Background paper prepared by Academic Affairs (pdf)

UCB's Final Report of the Task Force on Self-Supporting Degree Programs – Nov. 2010 (pdf)

UCLA's report of Non-Traditional and Self-Supporting Degree Programs Task Force - July 2010 (pdf)