id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_jzymff255vgcjbb6dyywxzrb34 Rhonda Martin Epper Coordination and Competition in Postsecondary Distance Education 1997 48 .pdf application/pdf 14407 1132 55 state-level policy coordination, distance education efforts can be costly, duplicative, or The relationships between state coordination, distance education, and the competitive is vital that state-level plans and policies for distance education be compared and explored. 3. Technology and distance education have introduced new forces in higher postsecondary distance education from three states: Minnesota, Maine, and Colorado. the coordinating board to begin planning for an open learning institution in the state. was much distance education activity in Colorado in 1995, the community colleges were the distance education technologies changed the competitive environment in Minnesota, Maine, In Colorado, the policy approach to distance education for four-year institutions was community college system to serve students statewide through distance education. Colorado, most distance education offered by four-year institutions serves professionals In the new competitive environment of higher education, the need for state Similarly, state higher education institutions must Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board. ./cache/work_jzymff255vgcjbb6dyywxzrb34.pdf ./txt/work_jzymff255vgcjbb6dyywxzrb34.txt