A Comprehensive Look at Online
Student Support Services for Distance Learners
Maria LaPadula
Abstract
A survey of online students at the New York Institute of Technology was
conducted to determine satisfaction with existing online student services
and to find out what types of services would be desirable in the future.
While the online students were generally satisfied with many of the student
services they were receiving, there was room for improvement. The institute's
students wished to have many of the additional services (e.g., book clubs,
a student newspaper, academic clubs, online tutoring, seminars on parenting
and time management, and access to an online psychologist) similar to
those offered at other schools.