U.S. News & World Report

Dakota State University (3463,2)
07/18/2005

Distance Education Survey

If you have any questions, please contact Peter Mills, the researcher assigned to your school, at (202) 955-2042 or by e-mail.  Or contact Vachelle Manly, Data Collection Manager, at (202) 955-2242. 

A.  Institution General Information

If the information in questions A1–A7 below is not correct, you must contact the researcher assigned to your school (see name above) to change it. 

A1. Name of college or university Dakota State University
A2. Mailing address
A3. City Madison
A4. State South Dakota
A5. Zip 57042
A6. Main phone number (605) 256-5139
A7. WWW home page address http://www.dsu.edu

Distance Education Definition

A8.

Does your institution offer any distance education courses for credit? 

Definition:  Distance Education refers to credit-granting education or training courses delivered to remote (off-campus) location(s) via audio, video (live or pre-recorded), or computer technologies such as the Internet that include both synchronous and asynchronous instruction.  Courses conducted exclusively on-campus are not included in this definition.  Courses conducted exclusively via written correspondence are also not included.  Distance education does not include courses for which the instructor travels to a remote site to deliver instruction in person.  Distance education may include a small amount of on-campus course or lab work, on-campus exams, or occasional campus visits. 

Please check one box. 

x Yes
  No

Important Notice:  If the answer to Question A8 is “Yes”, then you will be given access to the rest of the survey.  If the answer to Question A8 is “No”, then you will only be able to access the “Submit” page at the end of the survey. 

B.  Distance Education Program:  Basic Information

Distance Education Contact Information

Please list the person and office to contact at your institution for more information about the institution's credit-granting distance-learning courses. 

B1. Name Deb Gearhart
B2. Division of school E-Education Services
B3. Title Director of E-Education Services
B4. Telephone number (800) 641-4309
B5. E-mail address deb.gearhart@dsu.edu
B6. Fax number (605) 256-5095
B7. Mailing address 820 N. Washington Avenue
B8. City Madison
B9. State South Dakota
B10. Zip 57042
B11. WWW address dedicated to distance learning http://www.departments.dsu.edu/disted

Distance Education History

B12.

What was the first year your institution offered credit-granting distance education courses? 
1991

B13.

What was the first year your institution offered degree-granting distance education programs? 
1997

B14.

What was the first year your institution offered credit-granting online-only education courses? 
1991

B15.

What was the first year your institution offered online-only distance education degree-granting programs? 
1997

B16.

What was the first year your institution offered college-level, degree-granting distance education programs that led to an associate degree? 
2003

B17.

What was the first year your institution offered college-level, degree-granting online-only programs that led to an associate degree? 
2003

B18.

What was the first year your institution offered college-level, degree-granting distance education programs that led to a baccalaureate degree? 
1999

B19.

What was the first year your institution offered college-level, degree-granting online-only programs that led to a baccalaureate degree? 
1999

C.  Distance Education - Instructional modes, services, registration, residency requirements

C1.

Which types of technology did your institution use as a mode of instruction for credit-granting distance education courses in 2004 – 2005? 

In the second column:  Modes of instruction used; check the technologies that any distance education course used as a mode of delivery.  If more than one mode was used, then check as many as were used. 

In the third column:  Primary mode of instruction used; select the mode that was used most frequently in distance education instruction at your institution. 

Instructional Delivery Mode Modes of instruction used in various distance education classes at your institution
(Check all that apply.) 		Primary mode of instruction used for distance education at your institution
(Check the one used most frequently.)
Audio (one-way or two-way) x  
CD-ROM x  
Video (live or pre-recorded) x  
WWW/Internet (synchronous or asynchronous) x x

C2.

What services do students, enrolled in distance education courses, have access to at a distance via Internet, fax, or other distance education delivery modes?  Check the types of services that students enrolled in credit-granting distance education courses have access to.  If more than one type of service is available, then check as many as apply: 

x Academic advising
x Bookstore
x Career placement assistance
x E-mail address
x Financial aid office/services
x Library services
x Local area network
  Mentoring
x Online library
x Technology support
x Tutoring

C3. 

What are the ways that students enrolled in distance education credit-granting classes can register at your institution?  Check the types of ways that students can register for distance education classes.  If there is more than one way to register, then check as many as apply: 

x E-mail
x Fax
x In-person
x Mail
x Phone
  Virtual university or portal
x World Wide Web

C4.

To what degree does your institution's degree-granting distance education programs have residency requirements?  (Residency requirement:  as in on-campus time for a specific distance education course or program offered at your institution.)  Check of the residency requirement description that best fits your institution's degree-granting distance education programs. 

  Yes, all of our degree-granting or certificate programs have residency requirements. 
x Yes, some of our degree-granting or certificate programs have residency requirements, and some do not. 
  No, none of our degree-granting or certificate programs have residency requirements. 

D.  Distance Education — Number of degree programs, courses, and enrollment in the 2004 – 2005 academic year.  Use the offical October 15, 2004, census date used by U.S. Department of Education to report enrollment counts below. 

Online Education Definition: 
Online refers to credit-granting courses or education training delivered primarily via the Internet to students at remote locations, including their homes.  Online courses may be delivered synchronously or asynchronously.  An online course may include a requirement that students and teachers meet once or periodically in a physical setting for lectures, labs, or exams, so long as the time spent in the physical setting does not exceed 25 percent of the total course time. 

D1.

What was the total number of different college-level, credit-granting distance education courses offered at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year?  If a course had multiple sections or was offered multiple times during the academic year, count it only once.  For example, if Biology 101 is offered in the summer and fall terms/quarters, then please count it only once.  College-level courses include both undergraduate and graduate/first-professional courses. 
86

D2.

What was the total enrollment in all college-level, credit-granting distance education courses at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year?  College-level courses include undergraduate and graduate/first-professional courses. 
1,633

D3.

What was the total number of different college-level, credit-granting online-only education courses offered at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year?  For example, if Biology 101 is offered in the summer and fall terms/quarters, then please count it only once.  College-level courses include both undergraduate and graduate/first-professional courses. 
64

D4.

What was the total enrollment in all college-level, credit-granting online-only courses at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year?  College-level courses include undergraduate and graduate/first-professional courses. 
961

D5.

What was the total number of different college-level, degree-granting distance programs offered at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year?  College-level, degree-granting programs include both undergraduate and graduate/first-professional programs. 
4

D6.

What was the total enrollment in all college-level, degree-granting distance education programs at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year?  Degree-granting programs include both undergraduate and graduate/first-professional programs. 
1,033

D7.

What was the total number of different college-level, degree-granting online-only programs offered at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year?  College-level, degree-granting programs include both undergraduate and graduate/first-professional courses. 
3

D8.

What was the total enrollment in all college-level, degree-granting online-only programs at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year?  Degree-granting programs include both undergraduate and graduate/first-professional programs. 
814

D9.

What was the total number of different college-level, degree-granting distance education programs at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year that led to an associate degree? 
1

D10.

What was the total enrollment in college-level, degree-granting distance education programs at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year that led to an associate degree? 
152

D11.

What was the total number of different college-level, degree-granting online-only programs at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year that led to an associate degree? 
1

D12.

What was the total enrollment in college-level, degree-granting online-only programs at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year that led to an associate degree? 
117

D13.

What was the total number of different college-level, degree-granting distance education programs at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year that led to a baccalaureate degree? 
1

D14.

What was the total enrollment in college-level, degree-granting distance education programs at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year that led to a baccalaureate degree? 
114

D15.

What was the total number of different college-level, degree-granting online-only programs at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year that led to a baccalaureate degree? 
1

D16.

What was the total enrollment in college-level, degree-granting online-only programs at your institution in the 2004 – 2005 academic year that led to a baccalaureate degree? 
69

D17.

Does your institution currently work with companies to provide or develop customized executive or corporate training courses? 

  Yes
x No

E.  Distance Education - Typical per-credit hour charge

List the typical undergraduate per-credit hour charge and any mandatory fees for credit-granting distance education courses for the 2004 – 2005 and 2005 – 2006 academic years. 

Undergraduate per-credit-hour charges: 

    2005 – 2006 2004 – 2005
E1. PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS $ $
E2. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: 
In-district 		$ 182 $ 173
E3. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: 
Out-of-district 		$ 182 $ 173
E4. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: 
Out-of-state 		$ 182 $ 173
E5. Mandatory fees $ $

E6.

Is institutionally funded financial aid available to undergraduate students taking distance education courses?  This doesn't include corporate reimbursement programs. 

x Yes
  No

List the typical graduate/first-professional per-credit hour charge and any mandatory fees for credit-granting distance education courses for the 2004 – 2005 and 2005 – 2006 academic years. 

Graduate/first professional per-credit-hour charges: 

    2005 – 2006 2004 – 2005
E7. PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS $ $
E8. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: 
In-district 		$ 240 $ 229
E9. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: 
Out-of-district 		$ 240 $ 229
E10. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: 
Out-of-state 		$ 240 $ 229
E11. Mandatory fees $ $

E12.

Is institutionally funded financial aid available to graduate/first professional students taking distance education courses?  This doesn't include corporate reimbursement programs. 

x Yes
  No

F.  Distance Education — Credit granting course offerings

In the following section, please indicate the general subject areas and education course-level categories for which your institution offered credit-granting courses through distance and online education during the 2004 – 2005 academic year, regardless of whether the course led to a degree. 

Note:  If a course is part of an online degree program, then it should be reported in section F below.  For example, if accounting courses are offered that lead to an online bachelor's degree in accounting, then accounting should be listed in both the credit-granting course offerings and degree offerings grids. 

How to use this grid

Please indicate in what format credit-granting course offerings are available for the following categories.  If courses for a subject area are available as credit-granting distance courses with a delivery mode that is not online, check the “Distance not including online” box for the appropriate education course-level category.  If courses are available as credit-granting distance courses with an online delivery mode, check the “Online” box for the appropriate education course-level category.  If courses for a specific subject area are available as credit-granting distance courses with some having an online delivery mode, while others have another delivery mode, then check both the “Distance not including online” and “Online” boxes for the appropriate education course-level category.  If there are no credit-granting distance courses available for a subject area, that subject's line should be left blank. 

If both undergraduates and graduates can take a course for credit, then it is considered both an undergraduate and graduate-level course for the purposes of this survey. 

CIP stands for the Classification of Instructional Programs, which is the Department of Education's standard educational program classification system. 

Online Education Definition:  Online refers to credit-granting courses or education training delivered primarily via the Internet to students at remote locations, including their homes.  Online courses may be delivered synchronously or asynchronously.  An online course may include a requirement that students and teachers meet once or periodically in a physical setting for lectures, labs, or exams, so long as the time spent in the physical setting does not exceed 25 percent of the total course time. 

Credit course offerings
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Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences                 1
Architecture And Related Services                 4
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, And Gender Studies                 5
Biological And Biomedical Sciences                 26
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services x               52
• Accounting And Related Services     x           52.03
• Finance And Financial Management Services                 52.08
• Human Resources Management And Services     x       x   52.1
• Management Information Systems And Services     x       x   52.12
• Marketing                 52.14
• Real Estate                 52.15
• Taxation                 52.16
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs                 9
Communications Technologies/Technicians And Support Services                 10
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services     x       x   11
Construction Trades                 46
Education     x       x   13
Engineering                 14
• Chemical Engineering                 14.07
• Civil Engineering                 14.08
• Computer Engineering, General                 14.09
• Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering                 14.1
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering                 14.14
• Industrial engineering                 14.35
• Manfacuturing engineering                 14.36
• Mechanical Engineering                 14.19
Engineering Technologies/Technicians                 15
English Language And Literature/Letters.     x       x   23
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences                 19
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics                 16
Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences x   x           51
• Nursing                 51.16
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration                 51.20
• Public Health                 51.22
History                 54
Legal Professions And Studies                 22
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies, And Humanities     x           24
Library Science                 25
Mathematics And Statistics     x           27
Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians                 47
Military Technologies                 29
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies                 30
Natural Resources And Conservation                 3
Parks and recreation                 31
Personal And Culinary Services                 12
Philosophy And Religious Studies                 38
Physical Sciences                 40
Precision Production                 48
Psychology     x           42
Public Administration And Social Service Professions                 44
Science Technologies/Technicians                 41
Security And Protective Services         x       43
Social Sciences x   x           45
Theology And Religious Vocations                 39
Transportation And Materials Moving                 49
Visual And Performing Arts                 50

G.  Distance education program — Undergraduate degree offerings

In the following section, please indicate the general subject areas and degree types for which your institution offered undergraduate distance and online education during the 2004 – 2005 academic year. 

Note:  If a course is part of an online degree program, then it should be reported in section G below.  For example, if accounting courses are offered that lead to an online bachelor's degree in accounting, then accounting should be listed in both the credit-granting course offerings and degree offerings grids. 

How to use this grid

Please indicate in what format degrees are available for the following categories.  If degrees for a subject area are available with a delivery mode that is not online, check the “Distance, not including Online” boxes for the appropriate degree types.  If degrees are available with an online delivery mode, check the “Online” boxes for the appropriate degree types.  If degrees for a specific subject area are available through different programs with some using an online delivery mode, while others have another delivery mode, then check the “Distance, not including Online” and “Online” boxes for the appropriate degree types.  If a subject area has no distance courses available, that subject's line should be left blank.

CIP stands for the Classification of Instructional Programs, which is the Department of Education's standard educational program classification system. 

Online Education Definition:  Online refers to credit-granting courses or education training delivered primarily via the Internet to students at remote locations, including their homes.  Online courses may be delivered synchronously or asynchronously.  An online course may include a requirement that students and teachers meet once or periodically in a physical setting for lectures, labs, or exams, so long as the time spent in the physical setting does not exceed 25 percent of the total course time. 

Degree/certificate offerings
  Associate's Bachelor's  
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Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences                 1
Architecture And Related Services                 4
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, And Gender Studies                 5
Biological And Biomedical Sciences                 26
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services                 52
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• Finance And Financial Management Services                 52.08
• Human Resources Management And Services             x   52.1
• Management Information Systems And Services             x   52.12
• Marketing                 52.14
• Real Estate                 52.15
• Taxation                 52.16
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs                 9
Communications Technologies/Technicians And Support Services                 10
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services     x       x   11
Construction Trades                 46
Education             x   13
Engineering                 14
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• Civil Engineering                 14.08
• Computer Engineering, General                 14.09
• Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering                 14.1
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering                 14.14
• Industrial engineering                 14.35
• Manfacuturing engineering                 14.36
• Mechanical Engineering                 14.19
Engineering Technologies/Technicians                 15
English Language And Literature/Letters.                 23
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences                 19
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics                 16
Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences x   x   x   x   51
• Nursing                 51.16
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration                 51.20
• Public Health                 51.22
History                 54
Legal Professions And Studies                 22
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies, And Humanities     x       x   24
Library Science                 25
Mathematics And Statistics             x   27
Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians                 47
Military Technologies                 29
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies                 30
Natural Resources And Conservation                 3
Parks and recreation                 31
Personal And Culinary Services                 12
Philosophy And Religious Studies                 38
Physical Sciences                 40
Precision Production                 48
Psychology     x       x   42
Public Administration And Social Service Professions                 44
Science Technologies/Technicians                 41
Security And Protective Services                 43
Social Sciences                 45
Theology And Religious Vocations                 39
Transportation And Materials Moving                 49
Visual And Performing Arts                 50

H.  Distance education program - Graduate degree offerings

In the following section, please indicate the general subject areas and degree types for which your institution offered graduate distance and online education during the 2004 – 2005 academic year. 

Note:  If a course is part of an online degree program, then it should be reported in section H below.  For example, if accounting courses are offered that lead to an online bachelor's degree in accounting, then accounting should be listed in both the credit-granting course offerings and degree offerings grids. 

How to use this grid

Please indicate in what format degrees are available for the following categories.  If degrees for a subject area are available with a delivery mode that is not online, check the “Distance, not including Online” boxes for the appropriate degree types.  If degrees are available with an online delivery mode, check the “Online” boxes for the appropriate degree types.  If degrees for a specific subject area are available through different programs with some using an online delivery mode, while others have another delivery mode, then check the “Distance, not including Online” and “Online” boxes for the appropriate degree types.  If a subject area has no distance courses available, that subject's line should be left blank.

CIP stands for the Classification of Instructional Programs, which is the Department of Education's standard educational program classification system. 

Online Education Definition:  Online refers to credit-granting courses or education training delivered primarily via the Internet to students at remote locations, including their homes.  Online courses may be delivered synchronously or asynchronously.  An online course may include a requirement that students and teachers meet once or periodically in a physical setting for lectures, labs, or exams, so long as the time spent in the physical setting does not exceed 25 percent of the total course time. 

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Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences                 1
Architecture And Related Services                 4
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, And Gender Studies                 5
Biological And Biomedical Sciences                 26
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services                 52
• Accounting And Related Services                 52.03
• Finance And Financial Management Services                 52.08
• Human Resources Management And Services                 52.1
• Management Information Systems And Services x   x           52.12
• Marketing                 52.14
• Real Estate                 52.15
• Taxation                 52.16
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs                 9
Communications Technologies/Technicians And Support Services                 10
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services x   x           11
Construction Trades                 46
Education x   x           13
Engineering                 14
• Chemical Engineering                 14.07
• Civil Engineering                 14.08
• Computer Engineering, General                 14.09
• Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering                 14.1
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering                 14.14
• Industrial engineering                 14.35
• Manfacuturing engineering                 14.36
• Mechanical Engineering                 14.19
Engineering Technologies/Technicians                 15
English Language And Literature/Letters.                 23
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences                 19
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics                 16
Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences                 51
• Nursing                 51.16
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration                 51.20
• Public Health                 51.22
History                 54
Legal Professions And Studies                 22
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies, And Humanities                 24
Library Science                 25
Mathematics And Statistics                 27
Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians                 47
Military Technologies                 29
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies                 30
Natural Resources And Conservation                 3
Parks and recreation                 31
Personal And Culinary Services                 12
Philosophy And Religious Studies                 38
Physical Sciences                 40
Precision Production                 48
Psychology                 42
Public Administration And Social Service Professions                 44
Science Technologies/Technicians                 41
Security And Protective Services x               43
Social Sciences                 45
Theology And Religious Vocations                 39
Transportation And Materials Moving                 49
Visual And Performing Arts                 50

I.  Respondent information — Who is filling out this online survey?

11. Name: Dawn Hamilton
12. Title: Statistician
13. Telephone: (605) 256-5159
14. Fax: (605) 256-5093
I5. E-mail: assessoffice@dsu.edu