Although research in the past 10 years has repeatedly found that student achievement at a distance is comparable to classroom achievement, the questions persist.
Quality is an issue for both proponents of and opponents to distance education.
Quality means different things to different people. Students, parents, employers, and society all have a stake. But faculty are central to defining and sustaining quality. Faculty are concerned both with the quality and the source of the standards. Student questionnaires may identify dissatisfaction more than excellence.