OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

May 11, 2017

Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley

California Community Colleges Chancellor?s Of?ce
1102 Street

Sacramento, CA 95811

Dear Chancellor Oakley:

As you well know, California Community Colleges have been at the forefront of online
education in California. The system has significantly expanded the number of online courses
offered to students and made technology available in innovative ways that actually increase the

chances of students achieving their goals.

I believe it is time now for our community colleges to increase even further the availability of
online courses and degree programs -- and make college far more accessible and affordable.

With the above in mind, I am asking you to take whatever steps are necessary to establish a new
community college that -- exclusively -- offers fully online degree programs. By building on the
system?s existing efforts that foster student success, I am confident that the community college
system can develop fully online programs which will genuinely help students.

 

I urge you to act with dispatch and create a plan to design and deploy a fully online college, and
submit it to my office by November 2017.

Sincerely,

  
   

Edm G. Bro Jr.

cc ecilia Est ano, President, Board of Governors, California Community Colleges

GOVERNOR EDMUND G. BROWNJR. SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814 0 (916) 445-2841
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