Where is the Distance Education 'Tipping Point'?

When do the realities of having a lot of students doing distance education change your institution, and how? Cerro Coso Community College administrators (That school is past the 50 percent mark) led a discussion recently at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) meeting. Among the important impacts: Faculty Hiring and Training, Local Ties, and Technology Infrastrucuture.

"What do we change -- if we change anything?" said Dylan D. Mattina, director of information technology, in introducing the session. "This is something that many institutions will have to deal with at some point."

Mattina and others from his college discussed several of the choices colleges need to make as they reach either 50 percent or some other critical mass where the institution is changed by the success of its distance offerings."

Read the full article here:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/05/26/distance