The COVID-19 pandemic has left a profound impact on higher education, prompting the need to assess its effects and provide guidance for future pandemics or disasters. While previous research has often focused on individual courses and short-term consequences, there is a limited understanding of the broader college experience. This study conducts a…

The College of Technology at Wilmington University launched the Virtual Instructor Pilot Program (VIPP) in Fall 2022 to address the shortage of qualified adjunct instructors for on-campus courses following the COVID-19 pandemic. This study assessed the VIPP's effectiveness by analyzing student academic performance in on-campus courses with remote…

In 2016, WCET conducted a survey to better understand the relationship between the cost and price of distance education. The results of this survey were published in the 2017 study "Distance Education Price and Cost Report." That survey found that although 75% of respondents indicated that distance education and face-to-face students…

The purpose of this quantitative comparative study was to examine if and to what extent a statistically significant difference exists in advising satisfaction and outreach function of online and on-campus undergraduate criminology and criminal justice students in the Southwestern United States. The concepts of advising satisfaction and outreach…

Chat reference is popular with both on and off campus users as well as distance students. This article presents the results of a chat transcript analysis project that used fall semester 2019 transcripts to compare question types and disconnect issues for on campus, off campus, and distance students.

We propose a model of competition between online and brick-and-mortar higher education. Students pay a transportation cost to attend the brick-and-mortar supplier's courses, whereas the online course is free of transportation cost but involves a fixed and homogeneous disutility. We derive the optimal fee policy for a single university as a…

Objective: To understand how students are coping one year after campuses were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: Students at a large state university in Midwestern USA. Method: Sequential mixed method study. A photo-survey of students' experiences was conducted as part of an ethnographic study of "college life." Student…

As open textbook initiatives are on the rise, a burgeoning literature has begun exploring student perceptions of openly licensed textbooks used in higher education. Most of this research has lacked consideration of potential differences in the perceptions of online and on-campus students and has failed to include a control group of students using…

During the pandemic, much of the focus of administrators and scholars has been on its impact on residential students and the sudden shift to online instruction. While justified, researchers have yet to focus on online students--who often represent marginalized communities in higher education--to ask whether they were impacted by factors related to…

The purpose of this study was to compare performance of occupational therapy doctoral students in an on campus pathway with those in a hybrid pathway. An independent "t" test revealed no significant (>0.05) differences between on-campus and hybrid cohorts for all outcome measures, including end-of-year and cumulative grade point…

The focus of this study was to find out the preferred future mode of learning of graduates of a conventional mode of learning. The objective of the study was twofold: (1) to identify the aspects of distance learning the on-campus students perceive as attractive; and (2) the aspects of distance learning they perceive as repulsive. This study was…

With the recent surge of online language learning, it is important to explore the different possible modalities of online learning and the factors that could influence the success of those modalities in language learning. This study found differences in (1) motivation, (2) anxiety, (3) perception of the learning community, and (4) oral proficiency…

This paper evaluates the association between new public policy requirements for B.Ed. programs in Colombia: (1) demand high-quality accreditation; (2) restrict distance modality; (3) restrict multidisciplinary programs; and (4) increase academic credits in education courses and pedagogical practices-- and the outcomes of 1387 B.Ed. in Philosophy…

Doctoral studies are often described as solitary and challenging endeavors, dependent on candidates' highly developed skills, self-driven nature, and commitment to engage in years of research activity. A range of university initiatives are specially crafted to support higher research degree students, for example, through digital and physical…

This study reports on a survey of students in information sciences designed to test differences related to e-book formats and other factors. The results from 161 respondents suggest that strategic decision-making shapes use of different e-book and print format options for users who already have significant exposure to e-books. These format options…