These colleges offered 582 telecourses in 21 different subject areas in 14 distinct disciplines. The generally accepted reason for this tremendous increase is the success of the partnership arrangement described earlier. The colleges have received effective support from the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television, especially from the adult learning staff of the Division of Educative Services. In addition, the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges, through its Office of Telecommunications Services, has provided financial incentive to colleges to offer telecourses by keeping the cost of telecourse instruction similar to that of traditional instruction. Also, the colleges receive the same monetary budget credit for telecourses as for the equivalent traditional courses.
Most colleges offer instructors training in telecourses.