{"id":443937,"date":"2026-08-26T10:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/443937\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:24:18","slug":"fresno-pacific-expands-guaranteed-admission-with-state-center-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/443937\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Pacific expands guaranteed admission with State Center colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1140\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fresno-pacific-university.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fresno Pacific University\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"attach_desc\">FPU photo<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Pacific University is expanding guaranteed admission opportunities for Central Valley community college students through new agreements with four State Center Community College District colleges.<\/p>\n<p>FPU will formalize the agreements with Madera Community College, Reedley College, Clovis Community College and Fresno City College during an Aug. 31 signing ceremony at the Warkentine Culture and Arts Center on FPU\u2019s main campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FPU President Andr\u00e9 Stephens will sign individual agreements with the presidents of each college as part of the university\u2019s Sunbird Flight Plan: Direct Route to Admission initiative.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The program is designed to provide community college students a clearer and more affordable path to transferring to FPU to complete a bachelor\u2019s degree.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Creating pathways<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese partnerships strengthen the educational opportunities available to students throughout the Central Valley,\u201d Stephens said. \u201cBy working together, we can create clear pathways for students to continue their education at Fresno Pacific, grow in knowledge, faith and purpose, and prepare for meaningful careers and lives of service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Center Chancellor Carole Goldsmith says the agreements are intended to reduce uncertainty in the transfer process and expand access to higher education.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with Fresno Pacific University, we are expanding access to higher education and creating new opportunities for students to earn degrees and build meaningful, inspired futures,\u201d Goldsmith said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FPU photo Fresno Pacific University is expanding guaranteed admission opportunities for Central Valley community college students through new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-443937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}