HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: California offers training for ‘stranded workers.’ “California is moving ahead with an online college for ‘stranded workers,’ reports Mikhail Zinshteyn on EdSource. It will offer short-term vocational certificates, but not degrees. The online college will advance students when they demonstrate competency: Those who’ve learned skills on the job should be able to move quickly to a credential.”

It was opposed by university faculty, who rightly see it as potentially deadly competition.

Related: ‘Work colleges’ go urban. “When he took over the struggling college, Sorrell instituted a dress-for-sucess code: Students must wear ‘business casual’ clothing to classes.”