UC Regents Approve Online Pilot Program
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) The University of California is joining a growing number of private schools that offer online college courses. “We’re trying to raise $6 million to get the pilot going,” said Dean...
View ArticleMountain View Firm Grows List Of Free Online University Courses
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS/AP) – Seventeen leading universities in the U.S. and abroad will start offering free cyber courses through the online education platform Coursera, the company said Wednesday. The...
View ArticleSan Jose State Offering Low-Cost Online Classes In New Program
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Gov. Jerry Brown joined a news conference Tuesday to announce the launch of a pilot project offering low-cost online classes to students at San Jose State University, community...
View ArticlePhil Matier: Governor Brown Looks To Bring More Courses Online
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Governor Jerry Brown attended Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco, a day after pressing the University of California system to bring more courses online to...
View ArticleKCBS Cover Story: Online High School Classes Offer Dubious Results
Part 1 of Doug Sovern’s KCBS Cover Story series on online high school classes. | Part 2 | Part 3 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – High school graduation rates are hitting record highs in the Bay Area and across...
View ArticleKCBS Cover Story: Students Pass Failed Classes At Cyber High
Part 2 of Doug Sovern’s KCBS Cover Story series on online high school classes. | Part 1 (KCBS) – More Bay Area high school students are graduating than ever before, but many of them are doing so by...
View ArticleKCBS Cover Story: Educators Say Online High School Programs Need Overhaul
Part 4 of Doug Sovern’s KCBS Cover Story series on online high school classes. | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 ALAMEDA (KCBS) – Tens of thousands of California high school students make up for failed...
View ArticleUC Faculty Blasts Bill To Expand Online Courses
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — University of California faculty members are criticizing a state lawmaker’s proposal to allow public college students to earn degree credit for online courses from outside...
View ArticleStudy Finds California Community College Students Performing Better In...
DAVIS (CBS SF) – A newly-released study of more than 200,000 California community college students raises questions about the effectiveness of taking college courses online. Education researchers at UC...
View ArticleNearly All CSU Fall Semester Classes To Remain Virtual Due To COVID-19
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Distance learning will continue, at least through the Fall semester, for the nearly half million students attending California State University because of the coronavirus...
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