If Higher Education Is a Right, and Distance Education Is the Answer, Then Who Will Pay?

Autor/in	Meyer, Katrina A.
Titel	If Higher Education Is a Right, and Distance Education Is the Answer, Then Who Will Pay?
Quelle	In: Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 14 (2010) 1, S.45-68 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1939-5256
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Higher Education; Distance Education; Online Courses; Access to Education; Educational Finance; State Aid; Educational Policy; Cost Effectiveness; Public Colleges; Government Role; State Action; Synthesis; Trend Analysis; Educational Trends; Educational Innovation; Educational Change; Policy Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsfonds; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Staatliche Intervention; Trendanalyse; Bildungsentwicklung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Bildungsreform; Politikfeldanalyse
Abstract	If higher education is a right, and distance education is the avenue for making higher education universally available, then who shall pay? This article asks (1) can state governments in the United States afford to fund this initiative and (2) can public higher education institutions in the U.S. fund this effort through capitalizing on cost-efficiencies of online learning? To answer the first question, data on funding of higher education by states are reviewed and a negative conclusion reached. To answer the second question, research on methods for achieving cost-efficiencies through online learning is reviewed and a cautious positive conclusion is reached, assuming states and institutions are willing to invest in the people and processes, and the time, effort, and will that make achieving efficiencies possible. (Contains 9 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Sloan Consortium. P.O. Box 1238, Newburyport, MA 01950. e-mail: publisher@sloanconsortium.org; Web site: http://www.sloanconsortium.org/publications/jaln_main
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10