Gov. Jerry Brown, who pressed California colleges and universities earlier this year to expand their online offerings, backed off Thursday, vetoing his own budget proposal to earmark $20 million in funding for online education. Brown, who proposed in January to provide $10 million each to the University of California and California State University systems to expand the number of courses available online, will include that money in the college systems’ annual allocation, but without requiring it to be spent on online education… State Finance Director Ana Matosantos said, “The expectation is that UC and CSU are going to move forward with online education, understanding it’s a high priority.”

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by David Siders, The Fresno Bee.

Posted: June 27th, 2013, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.