Bringing social work education to the prairie

This article reports on an evaluation of a distance education program that offered all undergraduate social work courses over an interactive televisio n network to four rural sites. Evaluations indicate few differences in sati sfaction and student outcomes between the on-campus and distance cohorts. T he on-campus and distance-site instructors also report a high level of sati sfaction. Furthermore, results of an alumni survey conducted seven years fo llowing termination of the program found a II graduates licensed to practic e social work and 92% of these graduates currently employed as professional social workers. The article concludes with a description of lessons learne d from the program.