Administrators at the Georgia Institute of Technology are optimistic but “not declaring victory” after one semester of its affordable online master’s degree program in computer science. The initiative, which leverages Udacity, offers dramatic savings compared to the university’s on-campus program. A three-credit-hour online course costs less than a single credit hour of face-to-face education — US$402 versus US$472 — and the goal is to grow the program much larger than a traditional program could sustain, but also much smaller than the average MOOC. Udacity’s role in the program is largely technical — it provides the platform and course development support and is involved in finding teaching assistants, suggesting candidates who are then vetted by Georgia Tech. AT&T has also subsidized the program with a $2 million investment (and many students are AT&T employees).