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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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