Educational Technology

December 24, 2012

Florida Considers Online-Only Public University

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:39 am

By Tyler Kingkade, The Huffington Post

Some Florida lawmakers want to see a new public university opened in the cloud, but education leaders in the state remain skeptical after seeing the results of an independent study of the idea. Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford (R-Wesley Chapel) asked the state’s Board of Governors to look into creating an online-only school as a way to increase access to distance learning, the Miami Herald reports. The Parthenon Group, a consulting firm, then looked at four options for expanding online education in Florida, including adding to existing infrastructure and creating an entirely new institution. The study concluded that creating a whole new online-only institution would cost a minimum of $50 million to start, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/florida-online-only-university_n_2337970.html

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