Higher Education

• The Chronicle of Higher Education - Issues In Depth: Distance Education
  This is the Chronicle's collection of 12 years of articles and opinions relating specfically to distance education. Coverage in this includes: Accreditation, Intellectual Property, Impact on Traditional Universities, Sources of Funds and other hot topics.
• A Profile of Participation in Distance Education: 1999-2000
  This report from the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, profiles undergraduate and graduate students' participation in distance education in 1999-2000. The report discusses student demographic characteristics associated with distance education participation as well as different types of distance education technology and students' satisfaction with their distance education courses compared to their regular courses. Results show that students with characteristics associated with greater family and work responsibilities tend to participate in distance education at higher rates than their counterparts with fewer family and work responsibilities.
• Educause
  The mission of EDUCAUSE is to help shape and enable transformational change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship research, and institutional management.
• The Challenges Associated with Laboratory-Based Distance Education
  This article by Stephen J. Elliott and Eric P. Kukula was published in Educause Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1, 2007. "Computer competence influenced the performance differences between on-campus and distance students taking a lab-based course."
• Higher Education Distance Education Resources
  From the National Education Association, this site provides links to several NEA publications on distance education and faculty issues,including the 2000 Survey of Traditional and Distance Learning Higher Education Members, which asks and answers questions such as: "Distance Learning Faculty: Who Are They?" NEA is the largest college and university faculty and staff organization in the United States, representing more than 115,000 higher education personnel.
• American Center for the Study of Distance Education (ACSDE)
  ACSDE provides consultation to national and local bodies, develops distance education courses, and incorporates distance education into existing systems. It has become recognized as a clearinghouse for information and research on developments in distance education.
• Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
  WICHE was created to facilitate resource sharing among the higher education systems of the Western United States. It is a regional organization created by the Western Regional Education Compact, adopted in the 1950s by Western states. Publications relating to Educational Telecommunications are available to order.
• NASULGC: Information Technology and Distance Education - Legislative Issues and Initiative
  From the Washington Watch section of National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, this site links to and lists current reports, including those relating to the NASULGC councils and commissions. Some reports are older.
• Effectiveness of Distance Education
  From the ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges, Topical Bibliography, Winter 2001. The citations listed cover the ERIC literature about the effectiveness of distance education in the community college. Information is provided regarding how to obtain the referenced articles.
• The Times Higher Education Supplement
  The Times Higher Education Supplement is designed specifically for professional people working in higher education and research. The THES was founded in 1971 and has been online since 1995. Many of the articles and source documents are available only to paid subscribers. Distance education, online learning and other related topics are available through searching the archives.
• Geographical Listing of HE agencies, institutes and Resources
  Although these organizations are not exclusive to distance education associations, the worldwide listing of higher education organizations can lead to further information contained within the organizations' own Web sites. The list is compiled by the University of Twente in the Netherlands.