WCET Distance Education Enrollment Report
For more current information on distance education enrollments:
- For the United States: http://onlinelearningsurvey.com/
- For Canada: https://onlinelearningsurveycanada.ca/
WCET has been proud to partner on the National Survey of Online and Digital Learning in Canada.
2016 Distance Ed Enrollment Report
2016 WCET Distance Education Enrollment Report
2014 Data Blog:
“Highlights of Distance Education Enrollment Trends from IPEDS Fall 2014”
Fall 2013 Data Blogs:
“IPEDS Fall 2013: Higher Ed Sectors Vary Greatly in Distance Ed Enrollments”
“IPEDS Fall 2013: Distance Education Data Reveals More Than Overall Flat Growth”
“IPEDS Fall 2013: Less than Half of Fully Distant Students Come from Other States”
“Busting the Myth: Distance Education Enrollment Infographic”
Fall 2012 Data Blogs:
“U.S. Distance Education Adoption by the Numbers: an IPEDS Reality Check”
“Where in the World Are Our Distance Education Students?: IPEDS Reality Check”
“Colleges Crossing Borders—Counts and State Authorization: IPEDS Reality Check”
Russ Poulin and Terri Straut (WCET) partnered with Phil Hill (at the time with e-Literate blog) to investigate the nature of data reporting anomalies. WCET also conducted a non-scientific canvassing of a sample of colleges and universities whose IPEDS Distance Education reporting seemed incongruous with their size or Distance Education operations. This research resulted in the identification of a number of ways that institutions IPEDS reporting regarding Distance Education was inaccurate: “Investigation of IPEDS Distance Education Data: Systems Not Ready for Modern Trends ” and was reported by Inside Higher Ed .
Our Partner on this Report: Babson Survey Research Group
WCET was pleased to partner with the Babson Survey Research Group for this report. We pooled resources to create a data set of institutional responses that improved on our separate work from previous years. Highlights of this report are included in Babson’s Online Report Card: Tracking Online Education in the United States.