May 13, 2014
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New video released by Campaign for the Future of Higher Education Questions False Promises of Online Education Industry. “Online Ed: Teaching Millions or Making Millions?” at Online Ed: Teaching Millions or Making Millions? Online Ed: Teaching Millions or Making Millions? View … Continue reading
May 2, 2013
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“It’s the wrong solution to the wrong problem,” said Robert Meister,chair of the Council of UC Faculty Associations and professor at UC Santa Cruz, in a phone interview. He argued that the problem is inadequate funding and the solution is … Continue reading
March 21, 2013
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As many of you know from news reports in the SF Chronicle and elsewhere, Senator Darrell Steinberg has proposed a law (SB 520)that would mandate that students in the UC, CSU, and community college systems who cannot gain access to … Continue reading
March 14, 2013
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Yesterday’s New York Times (and a number of other news sources) had an article about proposed legislation from Senator Steinberg that would require California’s public higher education systems to accept transfer credits from select online course providers for 50 of … Continue reading
March 7, 2013
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March 5, 2013 The SCFA learned last week that the University signed a contract with Coursera without including them in the discussion. The SCFA, as the bargaining agent for UCSC faculty, should be consulted whenever there is the potential for … Continue reading
January 13, 2013
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January 2013 – There has been an explosion in the mainstream press already this year concerning online education. Here is a s synopsis of relevant links that represent just a few of the articles that have been published. Whose … Continue reading
July 19, 2012
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Wendy Brown Outgoing Co-Chair, Berkeley Faculty Association On July 16thand 17th, The New York Times featured stories on the launching of Coursera, a blockbuster online higher education project emerging from a spectacularly successful Stanford experiment two years ago. Still … Continue reading