Tuesday, October 16th 2007
Refer a student, get money
The Los Angeles Times covers a program where some University of California campuses receive money for referring students to an online college. According to the LA Times, Capella University operating out of Minneapolis has paid $12,000 to UC Irvine for the students it has received from there. This program is being ended for “appearance of an ethical breach.”
UC Berkeley has a similar agreement, but has not profited from it:
Three of the eight University of California campuses that have extension programs — UCI, UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley — have credit-transfer agreements with Capella, said Chris Harrington, a spokesman for the UC president’s office. Santa Cruz does receive payments. Berkeley, which set up an arrangement similar to UCI’s in 2004, has not received any per-student fees because no one taking a class eligible for referral has transferred.
Berkeley also is ending the program because of the public perception of ethical problems, said Ann Guy, spokeswoman for the university’s extension program.
Shameless plug for Education Debate
If you like talking about education, the Cal Dems and BCR are having a debate on Thursday at 7 PM in 145 Dwinelle. The topic will be K-12 education in California and moderated by the Informal Debate Society.
