Western Kansas Community College Virtual Education Consortium

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Western Kansas Community College Virtual
Education Consortium
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The Consortium http___edukan.org_.pdf
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Student Enrollments
EduKan Growth
41
30
1,953
2000
102
1,478
1500
600
1,047
2004 36
1000
100
516
500
71
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
Fall 99
Years
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EduKan Students

• 25 to 35 years old
• 70 female/work 30hrs plus
• 55 single with dependent in home
• 44 only take one class
• 15 take 2 classes
• 41 take 3 or more classes
• 3 take 12 hours or more
• 85 of all enrollments are from local college
  service areas

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National Online Trends
30

• Growth online 2000 2005
• Annual for-profit growth
• Non-profit annual revenue growth
• of Colleges offering online
• of Colleges complete degrees
• of Colleges future online plans
• 2008-2009 expected online

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38
81
34
67
2,000,000
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National Online Trends

• School Size Related to Growth
• Large 15,000 enrollments plus
• Medium 7500-14,900
• Small 3,000-7,400

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20.7
26.7
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Potential Growth Areas

• Traditional Students/Blended Courses
• Medical related courses
• Military
• 70 million adults do not have degrees
• Specialized tailored industry courses
• Tailored individual student online courses.
• Satisfy student consumer needs
• Market to former traditional students
• Translate to multiple foreign languages

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Content Sources

• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Eduventures, Boston, MA
• Sloan Consortium, Online Edu 2002-2003
• State of State, eCollege Report 3/12/04