The current report updates and expands upon the findings presented in the previous report in several important ways. Perhaps most significantly, the current survey expands the universe of institutions from which it collected data, from higher education institutions to all 2- year and 4-year postsecondary institutions. In addition, this report also presents new information about fields of study and instructional levels of courses and programs offered through distance education, as well as information about how tuition and fees charged for distance education courses compare to those charged for on-campus courses. Finally, this report also provides trend information for higher education institutions, including changes in the percentage of higher education institutions offering distance education courses, enrollments and course offerings, degree and certificate programs, as well as technologies used to deliver distance education courses. These empirical results are provided in the following chapters of this report. The remainder of this chapter provides a brief overview of issues related to distance education.

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