Posted on 09/15/2012 12:03:14 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
UCLA has killed a proposed online program focused on teaching undocumented students about immigrants’ rights and labor activism. Republican lawmakers had criticized the proposal, which involved a partnership between a UCLA labor studies center and a national college founded by unions.
UCLA on Friday said the so-called National Dream University, which was to open in early 2013, had not received the needed approvals from UCLA’s faculty and administrators. As a result, the agreement between UCLA’s Center for Labor Research and Education and the AFL-CIO-affiliated National Labor College to develop the online classes “has been declared void” and no more work can be done on it by UCLA staff or faculty, according to a statement.
......The program was supposed to be a one-year curriculum, charging $2,500 in tuition, and only 35 students were expected to enroll the first year, according to an article last month in the Daily Bruin, the UCLA student newspaper. The online studies were supposed to lead to a certificate, and some schools may have accepted it for transfer credits.....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
“Kills”????
They sound dangerous...
“charging $2,500 in tuition”
**
betcha’ the border jumpers thought it was free.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.