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How California’s Online Education Pilot Will End College As We Know It

Today, the largest university system in the world, the California State University system, announced a pilot for $150 lower-division online courses at one of its campuses — a move that spells the end of higher education as we know it. Lower-division courses are the financial backbone of many part-time faculty and departments (especially the humanities). As someone who has taught large courses at a University of California, I can assure readers that my job could have easily been automated. Most of college-the expansive campuses and large lecture halls-will crumble into ghost towns as budget-strapped schools herd students online.

Gregory Ferenstein

Full Story: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/15/how-californias-new-online-education-pilot-will-end-college-as-we-know-it/

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Gov. Jerry Brown challenges UC, Cal State to make big changes

Brown wants more teaching, less research and more online courses to save money. He is hoping to enforce his will with the state’s purse strings.

By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times

Full Story: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown-higher-ed-20130116,0,7725194.story

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State University of New York pushing online classes

The 64-campus system will launch Open SUNY, a network of online courses available to all its students.

Jessica Bakeman

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/15/higher-education-online-courses-suny/1566376/

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