This isn't based on any research work but I coordinate a support facility which also provides administration for the distance access programme and at present we have about 30 students and the admin assistant and myself do the admin required. Chetna > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 16:33:31 +0100 > Subject: Re: Discussion: Technology and the Future of Higher Education > From: [log in to unmask] (Rita CRABTREE) > To: [log in to unmask] > Reply-to: [log in to unmask] > Does anyone in the forum have knowledge of any work which may have been > done on the ratio of administrative staff to distance learning students. > I'm interested in knowing how many distance learning students one > administrator can support. I suspect this ratio is greater than the number > of on site students one administrator can support. Any views? > > Rita Crabtree > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%