California's governor, Eloy Ortiz Oakley, has proposed that $120m be spent on developing the state's first online community college, to open by 2019. The plan aims to offer 2.5 million students without post-secondary qualifications who aren't able to attend "traditional, classroom-based settings" the chance to learn. The past 14 years has seen a growing trend in the use of online education, compared with a 6.4% drop in on-campus students between 2012 and 2016, according to a report by Babson Study Research Group.
California's governor, Jerry Brown, has proposed that $120m be spent on developing the state's first online community college, to open by 2019. The plan aims to offer 2.5 million students without post-secondary qualifications who aren't able to attend "traditional, classroom-based settings" the chance to learn. The past 14 years has seen a growing trend in the use of online education, compared with a 6.4% drop in on-campus students between 2012 and 2016, according to a report by Babson Study Research Group.