by Josh Keller and Marc Parry
Online education is booming, but not at elite universities—at least not when it comes to courses for credit. Leaders at the University of California want to break that mold. This fall they hope to put $5-million to $6-million into a pilot project that could clear the way for the system to offer online undergraduate degrees and push distance learning further into the mainstream. The vision is UC’s most ambitious—and controversial—effort to reshape itself after cuts in public financial support have left the esteemed system in crisis.
http://chronicle.com/article/In-Crisis-U-of-California/65445/
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