California Pacific University (or Cal Pacific University) was a private university originally founded in San Diego County, California. Its law school was originally located in Bakersfield, California. The university was aimed towards working professionals in business management and was recognized by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. The school of law was accredited by the California State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California.
History
CPU was founded in 1976. It was founded by: N. Charles Dalton, Ph.D (Principal) H. Ronald Domnitz, a retired San Diego Superior Court Judge, current attorney and family law mediator. Norm Deimling, MBA president of the Joshua Foundation Mark Dalton, MBA Jane Dalton The university was located in Escondido, California, 30 miles northeast of downtown San Diego. California Pacific later moved to the city of Pinole in northern California. California Pacific University provided educational bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees on and off campus. It has been reported to have had 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.
The university was approved under the qualitative standards mandated by the State of California Educational Reform Act of 1977. Moreover, it was approved by the State of California to offer academic degree programs by distance study without residency requirements. In June 1986, the California Postsecondary Education Commission in cooperation with the Student Aid Commission listed California Pacific University as an eligible and approved university to participate in the California Cal Grant student aid program on the recommendation of The California State Superintendent of Public Instruction and Education.
In a 1989 report protecting the integrity of California degrees to the Governor and to the California Legislature, the California Postsecondary Education Commission described California Pacific University's programs as follows:
The university received an honorable mention from widely known Author John Bear in his 1989 book "Bear's Guide to Earning Non-Traditional College Degrees" and further mentioned in his 1995 book "College Degrees by Mail" as one of the nations top 100 good schools that offer, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorates and Law Degrees by Home Study.
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. Dalton died on April 11, 2011, of natural causes in Escondido, California.
California Pacific School Of Law
California Pacific School of Law was Located in the Civic Center of Bakersfield, California. The universities school of law hosted evening classes which provided full-time working adults an opportunity to earn a Juris Doctor law degree while working and meeting other family obligations.
California Pacific University School of Law was accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California. The schools Law studies met the educational requirements of the State Bar of California, therefore its graduates had the opportunity to sit for the California General Bar Exam.