California Pacific University or Cal Pacific University was a university dedicated to the instruction in all aspects of business at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, and based in the city of Pinole in Contra Costa County, of Northern California. The university was aimed towards working professionals in business and management. Its graduates and alumni include professionals in business, government, academia, federal and state employees, law, authors and healthcare.
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Establishment and history
CPU was founded by Dr N. Charles Dalton, Ph.D in 1976 and incorporated on July 19, 1976. Its administrative offices and "in class" testing site was located in Escondido California. California Pacific later moved its location to the city of Pinole in northern California. For over four decades, California Pacific University provided 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. It has been reported to have had 6 professor's and a staff of 7. California Pacific University once had an affiliation with Alabama A&M University, in a partnership to host its evening MBA program in San Diego California. California Pacific University was a member of The Cooperative Education and Internship Association (CEIA), a method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience.
The 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. It was a member of the American Council on Education. Based on the recommendations of the American Council on Education's collaborative link between the US Department of Defense and higher education, the university awarded college credits to members of the armed forces through review of military training and experiences.
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 universities".
Founder of California Pacific University, Charles Dalton was instrumental in helping to get the Assembly Bill 1993 amended. On June 21, 1990, he appeared and gave a public testimony on behalf of California Pacific University alongside representatives of many other California postsecondary colleges and universities expressing concerns as to multiple articles of the (Assembly Bill 1993) and new regulations for California state oversight of private colleges, universities, and vocational schools. After review of all oral testimonies, a public preliminary draft of regulations to implement the "Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act of 1989" was issued by the California Postsecondary Education Commission in October 1990. This was in response to the Assembly Bill 1993 (Chapter 1324,Statutes of 1989). In 1991, the California Postsecondary Education Commission found that the state's standards relating to institutional stability, institutional integrity, and consumer protection, were more stringent than those required by the accrediting agencies. The Commission, therefore, advised against the state's relying directly on regional and national accrediting agency processes in lieu of the State's licensure processes. .
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Programs offered
Business Administration and Management, Operations, General, Health and Medical Administration
- Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Master of Arts in Management & Human Behavior (MA)
- Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration
- Master of Arts in Management & Healthcare Administration
- Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
- Doctor of Philosophy in Management (PHD)
The University's Master of Arts (MA) in Management and Human Behavior is California's oldest California state-approved distance learning degree program. Students were enrolled in programs designed for the achievement of personal, professional, and career goals.
According to an annual catalog issued by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, California Pacific University had two Proctored Comprehensive Examinations in each of its programs to assure that the student earning the degree or credit is the person who completed the course work. The courses are administered in the student's own community by a qualified credentialed (proctor) who is nominated and approved by the university. Students were required to study on a course-by-course basis, studying one course at a time, building upon their personal experiences prior to entry in the program and daily application of what is learned in the program to their own business careers. Upon completion of all courses, credits and passing scores on the five-part College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Test, students are conferred a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree. Master of Business Administration degrees are awarded when the candidate has completed fifty (50) quarter hours in a ten course outline with a minimum grade point average of 3.0. There are two doctorate level programs: a Ph.D. degree in Philosophy, and a D.B.A. in Business Administration for business professionals. Candidates for doctoral degrees are required to have completed a minimum of 125 quarter hours of post-baccalaureate credits, complete all required courses and prepare a proposal for a dissertation and complete the Final Doctoral Dissertation or project of original research to be presented and approved by the faculty. The university's doctoral programs were designed to provide advanced courses in management for the successful executive in business, government, labor unions, the military, and non-profit organizations. They are not designed for the pursuit of a career in teaching. Candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy in Management complete the same courses as candidates for the D.B.A. degree. The final product, the Proposal and the Dissertation are significantly different in that the dissertation requires original research on a topic in business or management.
California Pacific University was approved by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPVE). However, the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education ceased operation on July 1, 2007. Since 1986, California Pacific University had been approved by the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) a division of the California Department of Education and coordinating agency of the Federal government of the United States. The California Postsecondary Education Commission closed on November 18, 2011. A new agency, the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE), contracted by the California Department of Consumer Affairs was established to replace the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education in order to continue regulating private postsecondary educational institution's operating in the state of California. Under the new agency regulations, California Pacific maintained its approval (California School Code #3701571) to grant BBAs, MBAs, MAs, DBAs and PhDs in Management, Business, Health Care, and Human Behavior pursuant to the California Code of Regulations section 71660 and California Education Code section 94893, 94894, Title 5 and 66900-66906,
Closure and student records
On July 22, 2016, the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education denied California Pacific's annual application to renew its approval to operate due to non-compliance of an annual report required by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. The university officially closed thereafter.
Student records are maintained by the custodian of record required under California Law Article 3. Maintenance of Records 71930
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