The NCES defines distance education as using “one or more types of technology ... of the distance learning format, California’s online colleges have options worth exploring.

Keeping with a pledge to prioritize enrollment of California residents, the University of California admitted a record number of in-state freshman applicants and fewer out-of-state and international ...

Hentschke, dean emeritus at the University of Southern California ... number is going down, not up," Hentschke says. Instead of closing, some colleges merge with other institutions. In these cases ...