Distance Ed Continues Rapid Growth at Community Colleges

by E Wayne Ross on April 7, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: Distance Ed Continues Rapid Growth at Community Colleges

Community colleges reported an 18 percent increase in distance education enrollments in a 2007 survey released this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges, in Philadelphia.

The survey on community colleges and distance education is an annual project of the Instructional Technology Council, an affiliate of the AACC. The survey is based on the responses of 154 community colleges, selected to provide a representational sample of all community colleges. Last year’s survey found community colleges reporting an increase in distance education enrollments of 15 percent.