The National Dream University, a collaboration between the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education and the National Labor College, is being shut down by UCLA for now, according to university officials.
Plans for the program were announced earlier this summer as a way for undocumented students to earn college credit. The Daily Bruin reported last month that this program’s tuition is priced at about $2,500, which is lower than the cost of an average UC education.
Applications for prospective students of the university were also released in July.
But UCLA said in a statement that the agreement reached between the two centers was not OK’d by UCLA officials.
“UCLA has determined that the agreement between the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education and the National Labor College … was negotiated without the necessary approvals from UCLA’s academic and administrative leadership,” the statement reads.
UCLA directed the labor center to suspend all work related to the National Dream University, according to the statement.
Representatives from the labor center were not immediately available for comment.
The National Dream University would have offered online courses for credit by the National Labor College, though it would be up to institutions to decide whether or not to accept the credit, members of the UCLA Labor Center said last month.
Compiled by Katherine Hafner, Bruin senior staff.