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Appendix Tables
Appendix table 9-6. 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
Planning to offer distance education courses in the next 3 years 1995 25 28 14 23 27 27 24 14 1997–98 21 19 24 12 25 26 13 8 Not currently offering and not planning to offer distance education courses 1995 42 14 84 14 61 56 15 10 1997–98 35 9 70 9 53 47 11 5
Institutional characteristic All institutions ....................... Institutional type ..................... Public 2-year ........................ Private 2-year ....................... Public 4-year ........................ Private 4-year ....................... Size of institution ................... Less than 3,000 ................... 3,000 to 9,999 ...................... 10,000 or more .....................
Currently offering distance education courses 1995 33 58 2 62 12 16 61 76 1997–98 44 72 6 79 22 27 75 87
NOTE: Percentages are computed across each row for each year. Percentages for 1995 are based on an estimated 3,460 higher education institutions, and for 1997–98 are based on an estimated 3,580 higher education institutions. Percentages may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Distance Education at Postsecondary Education Institutions: 1997–98. NCES 2000-013, 1999. See page 9-26 in Volume 1 Science & Engineering Indicators – 2000