The Competitive Vulnerability of Distance Teaching Universities.

Rumble, Greville

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ERIC Number: EJ448890

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Competitive Vulnerability of Distance Teaching Universities.

Rumble, Greville

Open Learning, v7 n2 p31-45 Jun 1992

Examines the vulnerability of distance teaching universities (DTUs) around the world to competition both from campus-based universities that are initiating distance teaching and from dual mode universities that have traditionally offered a range of teaching methods. Costs are considered, and the future feasibility of single mode universities is questioned. (29 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competition, Costs, Distance Education, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Nontraditional Education, Open Universities, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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