The California State University Maritime Academy campus is located on the waterfront in Vallejo. It includes the 500-foot Golden Bear training vessel. Cal Poly will acquire Cal Maritime — the state’s ...

The California State University system is pushing forward with its proposed plan to save the state’s only, nearly bankrupt maritime academy from going under by incorporating the school into Cal Poly.

A steep drop in enrollment has put Cal Maritime, the smallest of the California State University’s 23 campuses, on a path to merge with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Under the plan, which went before the ...

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