Yet, by fax, phone, e-mail, or online bulletin board, it is only a few seconds away. Miles and kilometers are fast becoming irrelevant measures of distance in higher education. Distance is better measured in time. Institutions of higher education are being challenged to provide high quality learning opportunities in the face of shifting market conditions and declining budgets. That's the key.
University education is no longer the exclusive domain of eighteen year olds.
Many students today are middle-aged. They want and need to learn. They are not looking for an extended adolescence free of the style-cramping constraints of home. A few decades ago, at least in United States, the only answer was correspondence schools. After completing the lessons, the student took an examination.