"Online programs are expanding access to education, but a survey reveals new details about the cost of that access, suggesting that students enrolled in online programs may pay higher fees than their on-campus counterparts," Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "The report found that, at nearly half of the 182 institutions surveyed, tuition for online students is often higher than for on-campus students. Students in some online programs may face bills that are 10 percent or more than those in parallel face-to-face programs. The survey findings, to be released Thursday by the technology cooperative WCET and the Campus Computing Project, add national data to an issue that has bubbled up in local news reports."