The Big Money Driving Online Higher Education in Florida
Florida House Speaker Rep. Will Weatherford (R-Wesley Chapel) tweeted the following message this morning:
I agree with @JebBush: online learning is the future of higher education!I’ll bet he does indeed. Weatherford linked an op-ed penned by former governor Jeb Bush and education executive Randy Best in the Tampa Bay Times in which they say this:
Numerous articles and commentaries from inside and outside of academia are raising the alarm that American public higher education faces an unprecedented financial crisis.
For years, state legislatures have been disinvesting in public colleges and universities, leaving campus administrators to struggle with how to make do with less. The result: rising debt, deferred maintenance for aging facilities, reductions in programs and course offerings, dismissals,