Muilenburg, LinBerge, Zane L.2019-11-202019-11-202009-09-24Muilenburg, Lin; Berge, Zane L.; Barriers to Distance Education: A Factor-Analytic Study; The American Journal of Distance Education. 15(2): 7-22 (2009); https://doi.org/10.1080/08923640109527081https://doi.org/10.1080/08923640109527081http://hdl.handle.net/11603/16395This article reports on a large‐scale (n = 2,504), exploratory factor analysis that determined the underlying constructs that comprise barriers to distance education. The ten factors found were (1) administrative structure, (2) organizational change, (3) technical expertise, (4) social interaction and quality, (5) faculty compensation and time, (6) threat of technology, (7) legal issues, (8) evaluation/effectiveness, (9) access, and (10) student‐support services.17 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.This is an original preprint of an article published by Taylor & Francis in on 24 Sep 2009, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/https://doi.org/10.1080/08923640109527081.distance educationadministrative structureorganizational changetechnical expertisesocial interaction and qualityfaculty compensation and timethreat of technologylegal issuesevaluation/effectivenessaccessstudent‐support servicesUMBC Instructional System DesignText