Little Hoover Commission Hearing on Higher Education 2/26/2013

LITTLE HOOVER COMMI S S ION

Public Hearing on Higher Education, February 26, Long Beach Community College

Panel One: Student Aid and Postsecondary Financing 

1. David Longanecker, President, Western Commission for Higher Education 

Panel Two: Going Online: MOOCs and Beyond 

2. Daphne Koller, Co-founder, Coursera and Professor, Stanford University 

3. Sebastian Thrun, Co-founder, Udacity and Former Professor, Stanford University 

4. Dean Florez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Twenty Million Minds Foundation 

Panel Three: Going Online: UC and CSU 

5. Keith R. Williams, Interim Director, UC Online Education and Senior Lecturer, 

University of California, Davis 

6. Ruth Claire Black, Executive Director, Cal State Online 

7. Robert Samuels, President, University Council-American Federation of Teachers 

and Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles 

Panel Four: The Role of the Faculty 

8. Robert Powell, Chair, University of California Academic Senate and Professor, 

University of California, Davis 

9. Diana Guerin, Chair, California State University Academic Senate and Professor, 

California State University, Fullerton 

 On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct its third public hearing on higher education in California. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. in Building T, Room 1100, on the campus of Long Beach City College, 4901 East Carson Street in Long Beach, CA. 

The Little Hoover Commission is reviewing California’s higher education system. The February 26 hearing will focus on the issues of financing and student aid, online education and the role of the faculty. 

The Commission will hear first about postsecondary financing and student aid from the president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. 

The Commission also will be given the opportunity to learn about massive open online courses (MOOCs) from the co-founders of Coursera and Udacity Inc. along with the chief executive officer at the Twenty Million Minds Foundation. They will discuss efforts to integrate MOOCs into the public higher education curriculum. 

The interim director of UC Online Education and the executive director of Cal State Online will provide an overview of the progress made by the University of California and California State University systems in offering online courses. In the same panel, the president of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers will discuss whether the focus on online is distracting attention from more important issues. 

The final panel includes chairs of both the UC and CSU Academic Senates. They will address the role of the faculty and efforts to increase college affordability. 

There will be an opportunity for public comment at the end of the hearing. The Commission also encourages written comments. 

Immediately following the hearing, the Commission will hold a business meeting in Building T, Room 2002. Immediately following the business meeting, the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Little Hoover Commission will meet in Building T, Room 2002, to discuss the status of the study and next steps for potential recommendations 

All public notices for meetings are on the Commission’s website, www.lhc.ca.gov. If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact Stuart Drown at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Tuesday, February 19, 2013.