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HOW DOES TECHNOLOGY AFFECT ACCESS IN POSTSECONDARY 
EDUCATION? WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW?


AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY


By
Ronald A. Phipps


For the
NATIONAL POSTSECONDRY EDUCATION COOPERATIVE
(NPEC)


Updated March 15, 2002



Since 1990, when the coding for the World Wide Web was developed, the opportunities 
for students to participate in postsecondary education have increased considerably. 
Thousands of online courses are now available and more and more on-campus courses 
possess a technology component.  Many colleges and universities are finding the 
Internet to be an effective tool for use with their admissions programs.  In addition, 
education and training through the Internet is becoming big business worldwide.

These developments raise an important policy question.  Does technology expand or 
serve as a barrier to access to postsecondary education, particularly to underrepresented 
groups?  Put another way, has the advent of technology in our colleges and universities 
and other emerging postsecondary providers helped or hindered the ability of certain 
classes of peoplesuch as racial/ethnic and low income groupsfrom enjoying the 
benefits of education beyond high school?  This public policy issue engenders other 
corollary questions. To what extent do higher education students have access to 
technology-based learning, including access to faculty, information, and other learning 
experiences?   Does availability of computing resources or technology in secondary 
school affect access to postsecondary education? How effective is technology in the 
learning process?

The following annotated bibliography was developed to serve as a resource document to 
address these questions.  Based upon a review of the literature regarding an examination 
of how technology affects access to postsecondary education and how technology is 
used in postsecondary education, the bibliography is grouped into the following 
categories: (1) access to postsecondary education in general; (2) effectiveness of 
technology; (3) access to technology-based learning; (4) preparation for using


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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