WELLESLEY, Mass., Dec. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
Distance Education State Almanac 2017, conducted by the Babson
Survey Research Group and the Digital Learning Compass
organization, reveals very different patterns of distance
enrollments among the fifty states. Distance education enrollments,
as a proportion of all higher education students, range from a low
of 13 percent in Rhode Island to a
high of over fifty percent in Arizona, New
Hampshire, and West
Virginia. Nevada has the
highest proportion of their distance students (93 percent) coming
from within the state. These and other findings were published
today in the report, "Digital Learning Compass: Distance Education
State Enrollment Report 2017."
The report is being released both as a comprehensive single
report with information for all fifty states, as well as fifty
individual state reports.
This is one in a series of publications from Digital Learning
Compass, a research partnership of the Babson Survey Research
Group, e-Literate, and WCET. Digital Learning Compass partnered
with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), Pearson, and Tyton
Partners to produce this report, providing the first-ever detailed
examination of the state-level differences in distance
education.
"New for this report are insights into where students are
receiving their educations - traditional on-campus, exclusively
distance or a combination. Nationally, since 2012, we have seen a
slow but steady decline of traditional on-campus students," said
study co-author Julia Seaman,
Research Director of the Babson Survey Research Group. "Almost half
the states have had negligible changes to their on-campus student
enrollment, while another 19 match the national decreasing trend.
However, four states - Utah,
Idaho, Arizona and New
Hampshire - had double digit decreases to their percent of
on-campus students in favor of exclusively distant enrollment.
"
"Institutions nationwide have made impressive progress offering
distance learning programs for students from all stages of life,"
said Kevin Capitani, president,
Pearson North America. "These
programs offer students access to flexible, high-quality, education
opportunities that prepare them for employment in growing career
fields. Pearson is excited to put to use this insightful research
report on state-level enrollment patterns to analyze and uncover
opportunities to reach and support more students than ever
before."
"As the overall higher education landscape continues to shift,
it's helpful to understand how regional trends in digital education
are contributing," said Jill Buban,
Ph.D., senior director, research and innovation, for the Online
Learning Consortium. "This state-by-state data provides an
instructive and comprehensive picture of the state of postsecondary
education across the country."
The complete survey report, "Distance Education State Enrollment
Report 2017" and individual state reports are available at
digitallearningcompass.org
Partners
Pearson is the world's learning company, with expertise
in educational courseware and assessment, and a range of teaching
and learning services powered by technology. Our mission is to help
people make progress through access to better learning. We believe
that learning opens up opportunities, creating fulfilling careers
and better lives. For more, visit www.pearson.com.
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is the leading
professional organization devoted to advancing the quality of
online learning worldwide. The member-sustained organization offers
an extensive set of resources for professional development and
institutional advancement of online learning. Visit
onlinelearningconsortium.org for more information.
Tyton Partners provides investment banking and strategy
consulting services to companies, foundations, post-secondary
institutions, and investors as they navigate the complexities of
the global knowledge sector. For more information about Tyton
Partners visit www.tytonpartners.com or follow us
@tytonpartners.
e-Literate is a weblog about educational
technology and related topics that is co-published by Michael Feldstein and Phil Hill, who are also partners at MindWires,
an educational technology analyst and consulting firm. It covers a
broad range of topics related to trends in education--particularly
teaching and learning in higher education--that are impacted by
technology. mfeldstein.com.
WCET is the leader in the practice, policy, &
advocacy of technology-enhanced learning in higher education. WCET
is a national, member-driven, non-profit which brings together
colleges and universities, higher education organizations and
companies to collectively improve the quality and reach of
e-learning programs. Visit http://wcet.wiche.edu.
The Babson Survey Research Group at Babson College conducts regional, national, and
international research projects, including survey design, sampling
methodology, data integrity, statistical analyses and reporting.
Visit www.onlinelearningsurvey.com.
About Babson College
Babson College is the educator,
convener, and thought leader of Entrepreneurship of All
Kinds(r). The top-ranked college for entrepreneurship
education, Babson is a dynamic living and learning laboratory where
students, faculty, and staff work together to address the
real-world problems of business and society. We prepare the
entrepreneurial leaders our world needs most: those with strong
functional knowledge and the skills and vision to navigate change,
accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, and motivate teams in a
common purpose to make a difference in the world, and have an
impact on organizations of all sizes and types. As we have for
nearly a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial
Thought & Action(r) as the most positive force on
the planet for generating sustainable economic and social
value.
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mchmura@babson.edu
Phone: 781-239-4549
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