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Lewis, Laurie, Kyle Snow, and Elizabeth Farris (1999, December). Distance Education
at Postsecondary Education Institutions:  1997-98.  U.S. Department of Education, 
National Center for Education Statistics, Statistical Analysis Report, NCES 2000-013.

This report presents findings from the second nationally representative survey of 
distance education undertaken by the National Center for Education Statistics. 
The survey was conducted in winter 1998-99, and collected information about 
the 12-month 1997-98 year.  Some of the key findings were (1) that about one- 
third of the nations colleges and universities offered any distance education 
courses during the1997-98 academic year; (2) distance education was more 
likely to be conducted by public institutions; and (3) there were an estimated
1,661,100 enrollments in all distance education courses and 1,363,670 in college- 
level, credit-granting distance education courses.


Oblinger, Diana G., Carole A. Barone, and Brian L. Hawkins (2001).  Distributed
Education and its Challenges:  An Overview.  American Council on Education and
Educause.

This overview paper identifies several significant issues associated with 
distributed education.  They include market size and growth of distance 
education, governance and organization to provide distance learning, 
partnerships, quality, and barriers to distance education. The overview also 
includes the following sample set of learner segments.  Corporate learners who 
work for corporations and are seeking education to maintain or upgrade their 
skills.  Professional enhancement learners who are seeking to advance their 
careers or shift careers.  Degree-completion adult learners who are working to 
complete a degree at an older age.  College experience learners, a.k.a. the 
traditional student.  Pre-college(K-12) learners who are interested in doing 
baccalaureate-level work prior to the completion of high school.  Remediation 
and test preparation learners who are focused on learning as prerequisite to an 
examination or enrollment in another program.  And, recreational learners who


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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