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Volume 2 Issue 6June 1998

TechNet Endorses CVU

The California Virtual University legislation, Assembly Bill 2431, has received the endorsement of the Technology Network (TechNet), California’s most influential technology-oriented political organization.

TechNet co-chairs John Doerr (Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) and James Barksdale (President and CEO, Netscape Communications), and TechNet president Gary Fazzino, called AB 2431 “an important step in developing and presenting a cost effective and efficient means for California colleges and universities to fulfill their academic missions.”

Assembly Bill 2431 was introduced by Assembly members Brooks Firestone, Ted Lempert and Jim Cunneen to codify state policy toward the use of the Internet and advanced communications technologies to meet the growing demand for higher education in the state.

The Technology Network is a California-based bipartisan political service organization. Its purpose is to build relationships between technology executives and political leaders and to encourage the development of public policy at both the state and federal level that will benefit technology enterprises, their employees and the community as a whole. Its over 140 members include CEOs and presidents of technology companies, and senior partners from venture capital, investment banking and law frms.

The California Virtual University – a joint project of the University of California, California State University, California Community Colleges and the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities – ties into one Internet-based catalog the online and technology mediated distance education offerings of the state’s accredited colleges and universities. Currently, 89 campuses link more than 700 courses to the CVU catalog, which is located on the Internet at http://www.california.edu.

The full text of AB 2431 and excerpts from TechNet’s support letter are available on the CVU Web site.

For more information, contact Rich Halberg at 916-322–8864 or rhalberg@vudesign.ca.gov.