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COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO PUSH FOR 4-YEAR PROGRAMS – A study, echoing the sentiments of the 2004 Cherry Commission which addressed similar issues, contends community colleges should be allowed to offer and provide baccalaureate programs. The study, conducted by the Voorhees Group—a higher education consulting firm—for the Department of Labor and Economic Growth, concludes the state should explore having community colleges offer certain bachelor’s degrees, but only in certain fields and only where the benefiting industry agrees to underwrite a portion of the educational expense.