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(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 10, 2013 ) San Francisco, CA -- Among the registered who participated in the new survey, 59 percent of them said they agreed with the idea that increasing the number of online classes available at California's public universities will make education easier and more affordable. However, 34 percent believe that expanding online classes will reduce access to professors and one-on-one learning, lower the value of getting a college degree, and in the end, not save money.
The support for online education comes as government and university leaders nationwide are debating whether to expand those computerized classes that usually include videotaped lectures and digital chat rooms.
CaliforniaÂ’s Governor Jerry Brown has proposed giving the University of California and California State University systems $10 million more each next year to add additional online services, despite some faculty skepticism. Several California public universities have joined with such commercial providers as Coursera and Udacity for online courses that enroll thousands of students at one time.
Despite the stereotypical idea that older people might fear technology, 60 percent of the survey respondents over the age of 50 liked the idea while only 58 percent of those between 18 and 49 said they supported it.
Interestingly enough, the poll found another surprising opposition: the majority of respondents did not support increasing the share of students from other states and nations. Even though non-Californians pay much higher tuition, 57 percent of survey respondents said that adding out-of-state students will squeeze out native Californians and make the University of California and California State less affordable for all students.
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