| Abstract: | A basic aim of transnational distance education is to reach out to non-traditional students in higher education and to assist them in achieving a level of education that will enhance their career chances and quality of life. It thus follows that instructors offering transnational and distance instruction should be flexible in the matter of meeting assignment deadlines. Basing himself on a study of the records of 400 students in an open learning programme at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia, the author concludes that flexibility in the matter of deadlines has consistently led to good results. The students in question have been able to complete their courses and their course programmes and to achieve enhanced results in their careers. |
