LONG BEACH, Calif.
California State University is set to begin granting honorary degrees to former Japanese American students who were sent to internment camps during World War II.
The CSU Board of Trustees approved the measure Wednesday to honor former students whose studies were interrupted more than 60 years ago.
The move follows the University of California's July decision to confer honorary degrees to its former students who were interned.
CSU estimates nearly 250 Japanese Americans were studying at CSU campuses in 1942 when they were forced to live in internment camps throughout the West.
Campus officials are asking the public's help in identifying former students who would qualify for an honorary degree, which could also be received by surviving family members.