How are local and regional centers managed?

Although at a distance, every learner should be in communication with an instructor in the distance teaching system. Many institutions organize these connections between students and teachers around local and regional study centers.

A study center may be no more than a room in a local school, but there are many management activities associated with setting it up and running it. The distance teaching institution must maintain good relations with its host, negotiate a rent, and make arrangements for the use of host personnel and equipment. The most critical management issues relate to the appointment, training, and supervision of personnel working for the distance teaching institution in the local centers.