Core Academic Values, Quality, and Regional Accreditation: The Challenge of Distance Learning. Judith S. Eaton

Distance learning challenges academic values of higher education, forcing reconsideration of their origins and the choices they represent. Whether it is offered through a traditional institution or through an alternative provider, distance learning introduces new and unfamiliar conditions and structures to the higher education environment—the faculty role is different, shared governance as we know it may be nonexistent, the library and other facilities may be accessible only electronically.