Table 1. - Percent of higher education institutions offering DE courses and planning to offer DE courses in the next 3 years.
Institutional CharacteristicCurrently offering
DE courses
Planning to offer
DE courses
Neither
All institutions 33 25 42
   Public 2-year 58 28 14
   Public 4-year 62 23 14
   Private 4-year 12 27 62
Geographic Region
   Northeast 20 27 53
   Southeast 31 28 41
   Cental 39 24 37
   West 40 23 37
Size of institution
   Less than 3,000 16 27 56
   3,000 to 9,000 61 24 25
   10,000 or more 76 14 10