The document analyzes organizational models for distance education in four Canadian dual mode institutions: BCIT, SAIT, UBC, and VCC. It examines each institution's type, distance education strategy and mandate, student profiles, courses offered through distance education, organizational structure for distance education, and status of distance education. The analysis aims to test a theory about how institutional type relates to preserving a focus on distance education. It concludes the theory explains differences in how learner-centered versus traditional institutions approach distance education.