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"To the catalog of financial stresses on higher education-the imminent explosion in online learning, cutbacks in state aid and weak endowments-you can add one more: tapped-out parents."

"While distance-learning programs are not likely to replace the traditional college experience for everyone, the rate of growth in online enrollment is outpacing that for campus enrollment. The market for online programs is crowded and relatively easy to enter, but traditional name-brand universities now claim a larger share of it than in the past. This means smaller institutions with less-established programs will struggle unless they can set themselves apart, according to the report."