Without a plan and these days possibly with one

Abstract

Because California has forgotten how to reason using the distributed powers in government as checks and balances, the CSU is at the mercy of impulses. For example, some constituents tell legislators that their children cannot get classes. So, the legislators prescribe online courses as the cure. Private ventures can scale MOOCs to meet demand and reduce per capita cost to nil, according to the press eager for a new angle on higher education. The legislators do not seem to care that completion rates are low. They crash this solution through the CSU.