Gov. Jerry Brown and California university officials say it’s inevitable. Targeting a tech-savvy generation, they are paving the way for more students to pass courses and obtain degrees without ever going to class. Given budget constraints, they say boosting online programs is the only way to accommodate more students without expanding campuses and making higher education even more expensive. “There’s not a luxury of sitting in the present trajectory, unless you don’t mind paying ever-increasing tuition,” Brown told the University of California regents last month.

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by Jim Sanders, The Sacramento Bee.

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