KESQ 3/17 – COD estimates Palm Springs campus could be built by at least 2026-27

On Friday, the College of the Desert board of trustees will meet to discuss bond measures, as well as future projects such as the Palm Springs campus. COD’s Palm Springs campus has been in development since 2004 with almost $1 billion raised in tax revenue for construction, according to Palm Springs city spokeswoman Amy Blaisdell….

Desert Sun 2/27 – The valley needs its own university. If the CSU plan  doesn’t happen soon, let’s get another

The vision of an independent four-year university in the Coachella Valley is decades old. It’s the reason Palm Desert gave 168 acres to Cal State San Bernardino in the late 1990s to develop a campus that would one day stand on its own. Traditionally, a college-bound teenager leaves home at 18. But 25 years after…