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Admission Counseling to measure how higher education institutions are using 
the Internet to carry out functions of the admission office.  Among the several 
findings, the report finds that a significant number of institutions (75% of survey 
respondents) provide applicants with the option of completing the admission 
application online and submitting it electronically.  Authors note: A word of 
cautiononly 13 percent of the members responded.

Card, Karen A. (2000).  Providing Access to Graduate Education Using Computer- 
Mediated Communication, International Journal of Instructional Media, 27(3).


This study examines the effectiveness of the computer-mediated communication
(CMC) method in delivering graduate educational administration courses in the 
United States.  Factors analyzed include achievement of course learning 
objectives by students taking courses through CMC, differences in the student 
level of satisfaction, and significance of CMC for individuals working full-time.


Carnevale, Dan (2001, October).  House Votes to Ease Regulations on Distance
Education, The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 26, 2001.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to curtail regulations 
that many critics say inhibit distance education.  The bill, H.R. 1992, would, for 
some institutions, effectively eliminate the 50-percent rule, which forbids an 
institution to provide federal financial aid if it teaches more than half of its 
students at a distance, or if more than half of its courses are distance courses.
The bill would also change the 12-hour rule, which requires a student to spend at 
least 12 hours a week in a physical classroom to be eligible for financial aid.  If 
the bill were to pass the Senate and be signed into law by President Bush, any 
institution that is currently providing federal financial aid could ignore the 50- 
percent rule, provided that its loan default rate had been below10 percent during 
the previous three years.


Gladieux, Larry, and Watson Scott Swail (1999, April). The Virtual University &
Educational Opportunity:  Issues of Equity and Access for the Next Generation.  The


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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