The Changing World of Higher EducationAdopting TechnologyAfter a careful review of the last decade of higher education, it would be appropriate to say that the changes the most positive ones were caused by technology adaptation. In fact, no other measure has brought about so much change in such a short time and with such positive results. Of these changes, I have chosen to discuss those that I believe have had the most impact. First would be access to higher education to a larger majority and a much more diverse group of individuals, followed by the impact that technology has had on school revenues and finally the impact it had on the learning process. this was accomplished through online learning, or distance learning, as it is called. We don't have to look far into our past to realize a time that would have been impossible to imagine. Yet today, millions of students between the ages of eighteen and eighty are taking advantage of the flexibility that distance learning offers them, some of whom would not have been able to continue their studies otherwise due to the circumstances of life: work, family, transport, etc. The National Center for Education Statistics explored the data to determine how participation in distance learning courses varied based on student characteristics. “Key findings include: (1) From 2000 to 2008, the percentage of undergraduate students enrolled in at least one distance education course increased from 8% to 20%, and the percentage enrolled in a program leading to a distance education diploma increased from 2% to 4%. » (Radford 22). The numbers would certainly be higher now since three more years have passed... middle of article...... new findings from the Comp TIA study. Business Wire, Inc. June 28: n. page. Information bank. Web.13 2011Ozgun-Koca, S. Asli, Michael Meagher, and Michael Todd Edwards. “TPACK emerges from PreserviceTeacher into a technology-rich methods class” MathematicEducator 19.2 (2010): 10-20. ERIC. Internet. November 18, 2011. Parker, Kim; Lenhart, Amanda; Moore, Kathleen. (The digital revolution and higher education: College presidents and the public differ on the value of online learning.) PewInternet & American Life Project: pag. 29 ERIC.Web.Nov. 19, 2011) Radford, Alexandria Walton and (ED) National Center for Education Statistics. “Distance learning: Undergraduate enrollment in distance education courses and programs. Statistics in brief. NCES 2012-154.” National Center for Education Statistics (2011): ERIC. Web.November 18.2011