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Appendix Tables
Appendix table 9-8. Percent of 2-year and 4-year higher education institutions offering distance education courses that used selected types of technologies to deliver distance education courses in 1995 and 1997–98, by institutional type
1995a Institutional typec Type of Technology Two-way video with two-way audio (two-way interactive video) ....................... One-way video with two-way audio ............ One-way prerecorded video ........................ Internet courses using synchronous computer-based instruction ...................... Internet courses using asynchronous computer-based instruction ...................... Two-way online (computer-based) interactions during instruction .................. Other computer-based technology (e.g., Internet) ............................................
†Statistic not estimated for that year.
a Based on the estimated 1,130 higher education institutions that offered distance education courses in fall 1995. The data for the 1995 study were not imputed for item nonresponse. However, there was no item nonresponse for for the 1995 study for these technology items. b c
1997–98b Institutional typec Private 4-year All Public 2-year Public 4year Private 4-year
All
Public 2-year
Public 4-year
57 24 52 (†) (†) 14 22
49 18 67 (†) (†) 8 14
78 36 42 (†) (†) 17 26
40 14 30 (†) (†) 25 38
56 14 48 19 60 (†) (†)
53 14 64 16 59 (†) (†)
80 22 44 22 58 (†) (†)
31 3 23 21 66 (†) (†)
Based on the estimated 1,590 higher education institutions that offered any distance education courses in 1997–98.
Data for private 2-year institutions are not reported as a separate type of institution because too few of them in the sample offered distance education courses to make reliable estimates. 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