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Community college degree plan prompts many questions California community colleges may soon get the green light to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees, according to the Los Angeles Times. A 16-member board comprised of community college administrators, faculty and a college trustee is discussing whether the proposal is viable. Once the ur iew board is -
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California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris by the end of the year, according to the LA Times. If this happens, California would become the 22nd U.S. state to grant community colleges the ability to give four-year degrees, according to the LA Times. Not surprisingly, some have expressed opposition toward the preliminary plan. According to the LA Times, some critics have said the plan opposes the mission of the bedrock of higher education in California: the 1960 Mission Plan for Higher Education. According to the University of California, Berkeley website, community colleges were designed to prepare students to attend four-year universities. Providing bachelor’s and master’s degrees falls into the jurisdiction of the Cal State University and University of California systems. While we understand the preliminary community college plan is in its infancy, we have some reservations. If the plan is passed, will tuition rates rise at community colleges that offer four-year degree programs? If the cost remains the same, students who want a more affordable education will most likely attend a community college that offers their program at much lower price than a CSU or UC campus.
We also wonder what kind of four-year programs could be offered at the community college level. Offering four-year programs for impacted majors could help lessen overcrowding for similar programs on CSU and UC campuses. With this potential change, we are open to the possibility of allowing greater access to the options of higher education. After all, it’s clear the CSU and UC systems cannot adequately accommodate all Californians who want to earn four-year degrees.
While we support the idea of community colleges helping reduce enrollment demands, though, we don’t think they should be expected to provide most Californians with four year-degrees. That job should be left to the CSU and UC systems. Throughout the deliberation process, we hope the board will keep the interests of students in mind. After all, we’re the ones who will be affected by the board’s decision.
Hobby Lobby should be required to offer contraceptives to employees thereof.” continues in Congress, Democrats and Republicans have kept arguing about small individual healthcare mandates such as making employers provide contraceptives to their employees. Some religious Republicans argue that the healthcare contraceptive mandate deprives some businesses of their religious freedoms. the healthcare contraceptive mandate. According to a ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Hobby Lobby will not be charged any arguments are heard in court. Many of the arguments stem from the Free Exercise clause in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The First Amendment reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
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make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” is the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Establishment Clause allows individuals to practice any religion they desire, so long as their beliefs do icOlas not supersede or impose on the religious freedoms of others. The Treaty of Tripoli of 1797 further supported the U.S. as a country maintaining a separation of church and state. The treaty said that “the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” With respect to contraceptive coverage, this separation of church and state is maintained in
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the healthcare mandate. The new healthcare reform provides exemptions for churches and purely religious employers. Hobby Lobby, however, serves a wide variety of customers from different faiths. It has much more public interest than a company that prints religious texts does. Many U.S. emOdriguez ployees may object to contraceptive coverage because of religious beliefs, but there is nothing in the healthcare mandate forcing them to accept the contraceptives. Hobby Lobby cannot religiously discriminate against its own employees who wish to have healthcare coverage. Healthcare coverage will be provided to millions of other Americans under the Affordable Care Act.
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of race, religion, color, sex or national origin. Hobby Lobby does not fall under the “bona exempts certain businesses from adhering to Title VII. Exempting Hobby Lobby from the healthcare mandate would ultimately discriminate against employees who do not share the same religious views as their company’s. If the Supreme Court hears the case and reaches a decision on the matter in June 2014, it should rule in favor of the religious freedom of Hobby Lobby employees and uphold the healthcare mandate with regard to contraceptive coverage. Nicolas Rodriguez is a senior political science major and an assistant opinions editor at the Daily 49er.
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