A merger between Cal Poly and Cal Maritime is expected to pass a final vote by Cal State tomorrow after being approved in committee today.
Due to financial collapse brought on by enrollment declines, Cal Maritime is poised to merge with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The merger is expected to pass a final vote by Cal State leaders tomorrow after being approved in committee today.In a bid to forestall its financial disintegration, Cal Maritime, California’s smallest public university, is merging with one of the state’s most selective and financially stable universities, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
The chancellor’s office estimates that to keep Cal Maritime operating at its present reduced size, it’ll need about $30 million annually — on top of its current $52.3 million annual budget. Expanding the campus’ enrollment as a standalone campus would add to the costs, as would the needed financial aid, said Steve Relyea, the system’s chief financial officer, at the September hearing.
Cal State’s chancellor’s office hired a firm specializing in campus mergers, Baker Tilly, at a cost of nearly $2 million, Cal State’s spokesperson, Amy Bentley-Smith, wrote to CalMatters. The firm will work on this merger for the next 10 months.If the merger goes through, the Cal Maritime campus will become a subsidiary of Cal Poly starting July 1, 2025.
To save on costs, Cal Maritime froze hiring in March, leaving 17 vacancies unfilled and eliminating 14 positions. Dumont also eliminated 10 vice president and associate vice president positions based on his assessment that Cal Maritime “was overly administered given its enrollment decline and relatively small size,” he said in September.
Lisa Kawamura, a professor at Cal Poly and chair of the faculty union chapter there, told CalMatters today that faculty still doesn’t know whether the merger will mean lectures at Cal Poly will lose their jobs to tenured professors at Cal Maritime. They also don’t know if professors will be expected to teach more students per class or if professors will be paid higher wages if they’re asked to teach year-round, one of the plans Cal Poly leadership is floating.
Cal Poly’s total tuition and fees are $2,600 more than Cal Maritime’s this year — and about $4,000 more than the systemwide average, a CalMattersGary Saunders, an international strategy and security sophomore at Cal Maritime, says the merger will not change much for him. He believes his return on investment will remain high no matter the outcome of the merger.
Cal Maritime and Cal Poly have worked to increase diversity by partnering with local high schools and community colleges, according to aof the merger. The campuses will both have access to Cal Maritime’s Title IX team that investigates sexual harassment claims and Cal Poly’s Civil Rights and Compliance Office will develop a
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