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brokers of higher education proliferating so
rapidly—no one knows how traditional higher
education will change.
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Table of Contents
Chapter Page
Executive Summary ......................................................................................... iii
1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1
Overview .......................................................................................................... 2
What is Distance Education?............................................................... 2
Why Might Institutions Implement Distance Education? ................... 2
How is Distance Education Delivered?............................................... 3
How is Distance Education Organized?.............................................. 5
How Effective is Distance Education?................................................ 6
Emerging Policy Issues ....................................................................... 7
Organization of this Report .............................................................................. 8
2 Institutions and Enrollments............................................................................. 11
Institutions Included in This Study................................................................... 11
Institutions Offering Distance Education Courses ........................................... 12
Overall Enrollment in Distance Education Courses......................................... 15
Summary .......................................................................................................... 17
3 Course Offerings and Enrollments ................................................................... 19
Number of Distance Education Courses Offered in 1997–98 .......................... 19
Course Offerings Included in the Study ........................................................... 22
Course Offerings by Field of Study.................................................................. 23
Enrollments by Field of Study.......................................................................... 27
Summary .......................................................................................................... 29
4 Degree and Certificate Programs...................................................................... 31
Institutions Offering Degree and Certificate Programs.................................... 31
Number of Degree and Certificate Programs ................................................... 34
Summary .......................................................................................................... 36
5 Distance Education Technologies .................................................................... 37
Technologies Included in This Study ............................................................... 37
Instruction Technologies Used in 1997–98...................................................... 37
Plans for Use of Instructional Technologies in the Next 3 Years .................... 39
Summary .......................................................................................................... 41
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6 Tuition and Fees ............................................................................................... 43
Tuition ............................................................................................................. 43
Fees ............................................................................................................. 45
Summary .......................................................................................................... 46
7 Changes in Distance Education Since 1994–95 .............................................. 47
Comparing the PEQIS Studies: An Overview................................................. 47
Institutions Offering Distance Education Courses ........................................... 47
Number of Distance Education Courses Offered ............................................. 49
Enrollment in Distance Education Courses...................................................... 50
Degree and Certificate Programs...................................................................... 51
Distance Education Technologies .................................................................... 52
Summary .......................................................................................................... 54
8 Conclusions ...................................................................................................... 55
References ........................................................................................................ 57
List of Appendices
Appendix
A: Survey Methodology and Data Reliability ....................................................... A-1
B: Tables of Standard Errors................................................................................. B-1
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