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Dominion University and community colleges in Virginia.  Among the 
conclusions, the program in 1996 is estimated to have increased the participation 
of Virginia residents in four-year public higher education by over 4,000 
individuals (a 3.3 percent increase in the participation rate).


___________.  (1997).  The WESTNET ProgramSUNY Brockport and the SUNY
Campuses in Western New York State:  A Case Study in the Benefits and Costs of an
Interactive Television Network.  Seal Beach, California:  The Chancellors Office, 
California State University.

This case study describes a collaborative effort among ten campuses of the State 
University of New York (SUNY) to establish a shared distance learning network 
in western New York state.  A major conclusion was that course sharing among 
campuses is one way to maintain degree programs and provide adequate course 
offerings even where campus departments are relatively small.


Lewis, Laurie, Debbie Alexander, and Elizabeth Farris (1997, October).  Distance
Education in Higher Education Institutions.  U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics, Statistical Analysis Report, NCES 98-062.

This survey was to provide the first nationally representative data about distance 
education course offerings in higher education institutions.  Among other 
analyses or data, the study obtained information about the percentage of 
institutions that currently offer and that plan to offer distance education courses 
in the next 3 years; distance education course offerings; and characteristics of 
distance education courses and programs.  Among the key findings was that 
increasing access was an important goal for most distance education programs, 
with making courses available at convenient locations rated as very important by
82 percent of the institutions.  A third of higher education institutions offered 
distance education courses in fall 1995, and another quarter planned to offer such 
courses in the next three years.  Also, an estimated 753,640 students formally 
enrolled in distance education courses in academic year 1994-95.


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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