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The overall percentage of schools identifying online education as a critical long-term strategy grew from 49% in 2003 to 56% in 2005.
The largest increases were seen in associate degree institutions, where 72% now agree that it is part of their institution's long-term strategy, up from 58% in 2003.
65% of higher-education institutions report that they are using primarily core faculty to teach their online courses, compared with 62% that report they are using primarily core faculty to teach their face-to-face courses.
74% of public colleges report that their online courses are taught by core faculty, as opposed to 61% for their face-to-face courses.
Chief academic officers believe, in general, that it takes more effort to teach online.
A majority of chief academic officers, 64% , believe that it takes more discipline for a student to succeed in an online course.
SOURCE: "Growing by Degrees: Online Education in the United States, 2005," by the Sloan Consortium
