UC considering online undergraduate degree program
DAVIS, CA - At first, it'll just be a pilot program with just a few dozen credit-bearing courses offered online.
Then if successful, the University of California system could start offering some online undergraduate degrees.
The pitch will be made at this week's Board of Regents meeting.
"There are no prestigious, elite selective great universities offering online education," said UC Vice Provost Daniel Greenstein. "There's an opportunity to enhance the quality of the brand by demonstrating that we can do it not just right, but really well."
Some campuses, like UCLA and Berkeley, already offer online courses, but they're mostly through the extension arm.
In these tight budget times, online degrees could be a way to get serve more students who are already crammed in classrooms or completely shut out of classes.
The University of Massachusetts has one of the most successful online degree programs, reporting a 20 percent increase in revenue and 14 percent enrollment growth. But U-Mass is not UC.
