The new technology-rich teaching and learning environments are changing traditional higher education. This book offers a practical guide for college and university administrators who must move their institutions to becoming e-learning environments. The authors discuss new styles of institutional leadership, governance and decision-making, and examine the issues associated with faculty support and engagement, communication, and intellectual property. The book makes recommendations for gaining community consensus for the new directions, engaging and motivating faculty to use technology, and describes new roles for faculty in an e-learning environment. This volume also outlines a systemic approach to supporting faculty in online course development and describes an instructional technology support model that engages a team approach.

Carole A. Barone is vice president of EDUCAUSE, where her responsibilities include a focus on the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII) and teaching and learning programs. Previously she was associate vice chancellor for Information Technology at the UC Davis and vice president for Information Systems at Syracuse University. She was the 1995 recepient of the CAUSE ELITE Award for Exemplary Leadership and Information Technology Excellence.

Paul R. Hagner currently serves as a special advisor for technology planning and assessment at the University of Hartford. In 2000, he served as a Fellow for EDUCAUSE's National Learning Infrastructure Initiative, focusing on the area of technological transformation of higher education institutions.