Table 1.—Percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions in
the nation, and the percentage distribution of students enrolled at those institutions,
by institutional characteristics: 1997–98 (Standard Errors Table 1)
Table 2.—Number and percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education
institutions that offered distance education courses in 1997–98, that planned to
offer them in the next 3 years, and that did not offer and did not plan to offer them
in the next 3 years, by institutional characteristics (Standard Errors Table 2)
Table 3.—Percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
that offered distance education courses in 1997–98, and the percentage distribution
of students enrolled at those institutions, by institutional characteristics (Standard Errors Table 3)
Table 4.—Total number of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions, and the
number and percent of institutions in the nation that offered distance education
courses in 1997–98, by level of institutional offerings (Standard Errors Table 4)
Table 5.—Total number of enrollments in all distance education courses, and the number of
enrollments in college-level, credit-granting distance education courses offered by
2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions in 1997–98, by institutional
characteristics (Standard Errors Table 5)
Table 6.—Total number of different distance education courses, and the number of different
college-level, credit-granting distance education courses offered by 2-year and 4-
year postsecondary education institutions in 1997–98, by institutional
characteristics (Standard Errors Table 6)
Table 7.—Percent of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions offering any
distance education courses in 1997–98 that offered college-level, credit-granting
distance education courses in various fields of study in 1997–98, by course level
and field (Standard Errors Table 7)
Table 8.—Percent of all 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions offering any
distance education courses in 1997–98 that offered college-level, credit-granting
distance education courses in various fields of study in 1997–98, by institutional
type and field (Standard Errors Table 8)
Table 9.—Number of different college-level, credit-granting distance education courses
offered in various fields by 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
in 1997–98, by course level and field (Standard Errors Table 9)
Table 10.—Number of different college-level, credit-granting distance education courses
offered in various fields by 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
in 1997–98, by institutional type and field (Standard Errors Table 10)
Table 11.—Number of enrollments in college-level, credit-granting distance education courses
offered in various fields at 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
in 1997–98, by course level and field (Standard Errors Table 11)
Table 12.—Number of enrollments in college-level, credit-granting distance education courses
offered in various fields at 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
in 1997–98, by institutional type and field (Standard Errors Table 12)
Table 13.—Percent of all 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions offering any
distance education courses in 1997–98, and the percent that had college-level
degree or certificate programs designed to be completed totally through distance
education in 1997–98, by institutional characteristics (Standard Errors Table 13)
Table 14.—Percent of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions offering any
distance education courses in 1997–98 that had college-level degree or certificate
programs in various fields that were designed to be completed totally through
distance education, by level and field (Standard Errors Table 14)
Table 15.—Number of college-level degree and certificate programs designed to be completed
totally through distance education offered by 2-year and 4-year postsecondary
education institutions in 1997–98, by institutional characteristics (Standard Errors Table 15)
Table 16.—Number of college-level degree programs in selected fields designed to be
completed totally through distance education offered by 2-year and 4-year
postsecondary education institutions in 1997–98, by level and field (Standard Errors Table 16)
Table 17.—Percent of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions offering distance
education courses in 1997–98 indicating that the institution used various types of
technology as a primary mode of instructional delivery for distance education
courses in 1997–98, by institutional characteristics (Standard Errors Table 17)
Table 18.—Percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
that offered distance education in 1997–98 or that planned to offer distance
education in the next 3 years according to their plans for the next 3 years
concerning the number of distance education courses that will be offered, by type
of technology that will be used as the primary mode of instructional delivery (Standard Errors Table 18)
Table 19.—Percent of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions offering distance
education in 1997–98 or planning to offer distance education in the next 3 years
that planned to start or increase their use of various types of technologies as the
primary mode of instructional delivery during the next 3 years (Standard Errors Table 19)
Table 20.—Percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
offering distance education courses in 1997–98 according to how tuition charges
for college-level, credit-granting courses offered through distance education
compare to tuition charges for equivalent on-campus courses at their institution, by
institutional characteristics (Standard Errors Table 20)
Table 21.—Percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions according
to current or planned offering of distance education courses, by institutional
characteristics: Fall 1995 and 1997–98 (Standard Errors Table 21)
Table 22.—Number of different distance education courses offered by 2-year and 4-year higher
education institutions in 1994–95 and 1997–98, by institutional characteristics (Standard Errors Table 22)
Table 23.—Number of enrollments in 1994–95 and 1997–98 in distance education courses
offered by 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions, by institutional
characteristics (Standard Errors Table 23)
Table 24.—Percent of 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions offering distance
education courses that offered distance education degree and certificate programs,
and the number of such programs in 1995 and 1997–98 (Standard Errors Table 24)
Table 25.—Percent of 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions offering distance
education courses that used various types of technologies to deliver distance
education courses in 1995 and 1997–98 (Standard Errors Table 25)
Table 26.—Percent of 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions offering distance
education courses that used selected types of technologies to deliver distance
education courses in 1995 and 1997–98, by institutional type (Standard Errors Table 26)
Table 27.—Standard errors for the figures and for data not shown in tables
Table A.-Number and percentage distribution of postsecondary education institutions in the study, and the estimated number and percentage distribution in the nation, for the total sample and for institutions that offered distance education courses in 1997–98, by institutional characteristics: 1998–1999
List of Figures
Figure 1.—Percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
offering distance education courses in 1997–98 according to number of enrollments
in distance education courses
Figure 2.—Percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
offering distance education courses in 1997–98 according to number of distance
education courses
Figure 3.—Percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
with variable charges for distance education courses compared with equivalent oncampus
courses in 1997–98 indicating how those tuition charges for distance
education courses differ
Figure 4.—Percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
offering distance education courses in 1997–98 indicating whether the institution
adds any special fees to college-level, credit-granting distance education courses
that are not added to on-campus courses
Figure 5.—Percentage distribution of 2-year and 4-year postsecondary education institutions
with the same tuition for distance education and comparable on-campus courses in
1997–98 indicating whether the institution adds any special fees to college-level,
credit-granting distance education courses that are not added to on-campus courses
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1.—Generations of Distance Education Technologies
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