How Does Technology Affect Access in Postsecondary Education? What Do We Really Know?

Title:	How Does Technology Affect Access in Postsecondary Education? What Do We Really Know?
Description:	This report examines the relationship between technology and access to postsecondary education, and identifies four basic themes: technology and access to postsecondary education in general; access to technology-based learning; preparation for using technology; and the effectiveness of technology in learning. The report presents a review of the more recent literature concerning each of these themes, and in addition, offers new analyses of national data that expands and further informs the knowledge base. The report concludes with some recommendations for additional data collection through NCES surveys.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (224 KB)
Cover Date:	September 2004
Web Release:	November 13, 2004
Print Release:	October 20, 2004
Publication #:	NPEC 2004831 Order Your Free Copy Now From Ed Pubs General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NPEC
Authors:	Ronald A. Phipps for the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative Working Group on Access-Technology.
Type of Product:	Statistical Analysis Report
Survey/Program Areas:	National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC)
Keywords:	Distance Education Higher Education • access and choice in • historically black colleges and universities Higher Education Institutions • distance education Hispanics, Educational Progress Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) • characteristics of college students Internet Access in Schools Minorities • in Higher Education Persistence to Completion of Students in Higher Education Postsecondary Education • institutional characteristics • outcomes • persistence and attainment • student characteristics Progress in Education Students • transition to college Technology Use in Education
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