Expectations and Reality: Delivering Financial Assistance to Distance Learners Available to Purchase

The changes associated with how higher education institutions teach students have presented and will continue to present major challenges for years to come. One thing is certain: as the mode of delivering higher education has evolved, students, faculty, and administration have already come to expect financial assistance to support growth in distance education programming. A large part of an institution’s ability to compete in the distance education marketplace will be measured by its campus wide commitment to delivering financial assistance to distance learners.