Primary Research Group has published: The Survey of American College
Students: Use of
Distance Learning. This report presents more than 100 tables of data
exploring how full time college students in the United States view distance
learning, how many courses that they have taken and plan to take, and how
they view their level of preparedness for DL courses.
The data in the report is based on a representative sample of more than 400
full time college students in the United States. Data is broken out by 16
criteria including gender, grade point average, major field of study, income
level of students and type, size, and mean SAT acceptance score of colleges,
among other variables. The report is designed to give college administrators,
educational researchers and others detailed demographic data on student use
and perception of distance learning. Just a few of the reports many findings
are that:
More than 77% of the students in the sample attended colleges that
offer online or other forms of distance learning classes.
Only a shade more than 52% of the private college students in the
sample attend colleges that offer distance learning while nearly 87% of the
public college students attend them.
Students that grew up in rural areas were more likely to have taken
a DL course than those from cities or suburbs, while those in the Midwest and
West were more likely than those in the South and Northeast to have taken a
DL course.
19.34% of the students in the sample say that they would never
take a DL course in the near future and another 27.74% say that it is unlikely
that they would.
Many students are on the fence; nearly a quarter of all students in
colleges with a mean SAT score of less than 1800 said that they would
possibly take a DL course in the future, forming a large block of potential DL
students.
Students that grew up in the West averaged 9.85 DL credits while
those from the Northeast, only 0.88.
Students in the fine and performing arts and Education were more
likely than those in other subject areas to feel that they needed some tech
help to get up to speed to take a DL course.
The 50 page report is available for $98.00. For further information view our
website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.
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