University of California system bans fully online degrees

Image:  The University of California system has never had any fully online undergraduate degree programs at any of its 10 campuses. But a loophole existed in which a student or department could have crafted—either inadvertently or intentionally—a stealth, fully online undergraduate degree through individually approved online courses. That loophole was closed this month when the University of California Academic Senate approved Senate Regulations 610 and 630, which instituted an...