Financial aid officials question Cal Grants for online degrees
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The California Student Aid Commission last week explored at a hearing whether, at a time of limited funds for college financial aid, the state should allow Cal Grants to cover all online degree programs.
The commissioners held the meeting in part because they have been seeing an increasing number of colleges and universities entering into agreements with outside groups to provide online education, such as the now-defunct partnership between Kaplan University and the California Community Colleges, said Diana Fuentes-Michel, executive director of the commission.
The panel is reviewing proposed changes to its Institutional Participation Agreement, the contract between the commission and the colleges that are eligible to receive Cal Grants. Fuentes-Michel said Thursday's
