Profiles of College and University Distance Learning Programs

• Parameters of the Report
  
• The Rise of Distance Learning
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Revenues, Costs, and Funding
  
• Acadia University
  
• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• The Acadia Advantage
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Enrollments and Student Demographics
  
• Obstacles
  
• Future Goals

Aims Community College

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty Recruitment
  
• Student Enrollment
  
• Corporate Relationships
  
• Obstacles
  
• Funding
  
• Future Goals

The Annenberg/CPB ProjectThe Annenberg/CPB Project

• General Description
  
• Products
  
• Costs
  
• Licenses

Bemidji State University

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Student Demographics
  
• Obstacles
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

Boston University

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Students
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

California Virtual University

• Background
  
• The University
  
• The Design Team
  
• Funding
  
• Future Goals

Central Missouri State University

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty and Faculty Training
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

Champlain College

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Enrollments and Student Demographics
  
• Future Goals

Dallas Telecourses

• General Description
  
• Products
  
• Licenses

Galveston College

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Enrollments and Costs

Genesee Community College

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Enrollments and Student Demographics
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

Georgia Southern University

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses
  
• Faculty
  
• Students

Advantages and Disadvantages of Distance Learning

• Costs
  
• Future Goals

The Georgia Statewide Academic and Medical System

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Organizational Structure

ISIM University

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Enrollments and Student Demographics

Mercy College

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Enrollments and Student Demographics
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

National Technological University

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Participating Universities
  
• Customers
  
• Financial Information
  
• Future Goals

New Hampshire College

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Enrollments and Student Demographics
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

New Jersey Institute of Technology

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Training
  
• Enrollment and Student Demographics
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

New School for Social Research

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Enrollment and Student Demographics
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

New York University

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Course Development
  
• Faculty
  
• Enrollments and Student Demographics
  
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Distance Learning
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Degree Programs
  
• Course Development
  
• Faculty
  
• Enrollments and Student Demographics
  
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Distance Learning
  
• Future Goals

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Faculty
  
• Student Demographics
  
• Training
  
• Corporate Collaborations
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

State University of New York, Empire State College

• General Description
  
• Models of Distance Learning
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Course Development
  
• SUNY Learning Network
  
• Collaborations
  
• Faculty
  
• Enrollments and Student Demographics
  
• Future Goals

Thomas Edison State College

• General Description
  
• Guided Study
  
• On-line Computer Classroom Courses
  
• Contract Learning Courses
  
• Going the Distance: PBS
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Consulting Faculty and Academic Advisors
  
• Student Demographics
  
• Corporate Partnerships
  
• Funding
  
• Future Goals

The University of Alabama

• General Description
  
• College Independent Study
  
• QUEST
  
• Intercampus Interactive Telecommunication System
  
• National Technological University
  
• Global Online Academic Learning System
  
• Faculty
  
• Costs
  
• Future Goals

The Western Missouri Educational Technology Consortium

• General Description
  
• Delivery Media
  
• Courses and Programs
  
• Organizational Structure
  
• Instructor Training
  
• Funding
  
• Future Goals

APPENDIX: OTHER REPORTS OF INTEREST FROM PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP, INC.

• The Adult and Continuing Education Business Report
  
• The Survey of Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education
  
• Restructuring Higher Education: Cost Containment and Productivity Enhancement Efforts of North American Colleges and Universities
  
• Forecasting College and University Revenues
  
• The Academic Library Budget & Expenditure Report