[T]he increasing focus on timely degrees overlooks the reality that in a system such as the California State University, the nation’s largest, many students are older, have jobs and families and are hard pressed to graduate “on time.” … Gubernat said she fears that education may be moving toward a corporate model, where the bottom line relies on short-term gains and losses, and students are seen as widgets to be turned out efficiently. Brown, for example, has urged more online classes — some developed by for-profit firms — as a quick and less-costly fix. “We’ve sort of given up on the idea of valuing the experience of college that helps someone determine who they want to be and how they want to contribute to society,” Gubernat said.

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by Carla Rivera, The Los Angeles Times.

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