California community college student success lags online - Karen Kucher, U-T San Diego

With California’s community colleges offering more online instruction than any other public higher education institution in the U.S. — and the state allocating millions of dollars to expand online courses — the Public Policy Institute of California took a look at student performance. It found that in 2012, 60.4 percent of students enrolled in online courses completed them with a passing grade — compared to the success rate of 70.6 percent in traditional courses. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/may/14/online-classes-community-colleges-PPIC-study/