Thanks to Ry Rivard at Inside Higher Ed, we have a copy of the draft bill as of March 8, 2013. With cooperation of Caffeine-Fueled Transcriptions, Inc, I thought it would be useful to share the full text. Please note that this is a draft bill that will be amended over time. I have added […]
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Proposed California Legislation for Statewide Online Education Courses – The Basics
Outside of the Vatican, the big news this week in higher education is the proposed legislation in California that would identify and approve a set of up to 50 online courses that the three public systems would accept as credit for admitted students. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg is co-authoring SB520 that addresses popular, […]
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Governor Brown appears to be focusing his attention on “bottleneck courses”: As part of the additional $125.1 million in proposed state funds, $10 million has been directed in the Governor’s budget for online strategies to get more students through so-called “bottleneck” courses. These are courses across the system that cause many students to slow their […]
California Discusses Cost and Effectiveness in Higher Education
On the heels of the passage of a historic tax increase to cover deficits in the California higher education system, the UC system is apparently already warning that they may need to raise tuition again. In response, Governor Jerry Brown has called for action and discussion about rising tuition costs, and in particular, to discuss how […]
The Need for Alternative Educational Models in California Illustrated in One Chart
An earlier version of this article appeared at the Delta Initiative website There is a full-court press in the media regarding the California budget crisis and its likely impact on higher education. The most recent entry is in the New York Times. Class sizes have increased, courses have been cut and tuition has been raised […]