Distance Education at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions:

["Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>]

July 18 Press Release
Department of Education. 

Distance Education at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions:
2000-2001 is the third survey of its kind undertaken by NCES, and shows
that there were about 3.1 million enrollments* in all distance education
courses offered by these institutions. While the two previous studies, in
1994-95 and in 1997-98, looked at slightly different populations, there is
a definite upward trend in distance education course offerings and
enrollment.

In 1995, for instance, 33 percent of two- and four-year higher education
institutions offered distance education courses; this had grown to 44
percent in 1997-98. In 2000-2001, that number had grown to 56 percent of
two-year and four-year Title IV-eligible, degree-granting institutions
offering distance education courses.

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-- Public institutions were more likely to offer distance education
courses than were private institutions. During the 12-month 2000-2001
academic year, distance education courses were offered by 90 percent of
public 2-year institutions, 89 percent of public 4-year institutions, 40
percent of private 4-year institutions, and 16 percent of private 2-year
institutions.

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-- There were an estimated 127,400 different distance education courses
for any level or audience offered by 2-year and 4-year Title IV
degree-granting institutions during the 12-month 2000-2001 academic year.
Of these courses, an estimated 118,100 were college-level, credit-granting
courses, with 76 percent at the undergraduate level.

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http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/07-2003/07182003.html

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