Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-252) and index
Contents:
1. Open and flexible learning: an environmental scan / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna 2. Changes, challenges and choices / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna 3. Developing an entrepreneurial culture / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna 4. Processes of organizational change / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna 5. Leadership in open and flexible learning / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna 6. The University of South Australia: providing leadership in flexible learning / Denise Bradley 7. The University of the South Pacific: leading change in a multinational, multimodal university / Rajesh Chandra 8. Alverno College: transforming the institution to an ability-based curriculum and flexible learning / Sister Joel Read 9. Leading and managing innovation in UK university contexts / Roger Lewis 10. The University of Twente: leading and managing change via a Web-based course-management system / Betty Collis 11. Washington State University: a US rural land-grant university responds to its changing environment / Muriel Oaks 12. Western Governors University: a competency-based virtual university / Robert C. Albrecht 13. The American Distance Education Consortium: from rural provision to virtual organization / Janet Poley 14. The UK Open University: managing success and leading change in a mega-university / Sir John Daniel 15. Indira Gandhi National Open University and the Distance Education Council: institution and system building in India / Abdul Khan 16. Athabasca University: change management in a non-traditional university setting / Dominique Abrioux 17. University of Wisconsin-Extension: exercising leadership in complex organizations / Donald E. Hanna 18. Partnerships for change / Dato' Gajaraj Dhanarajan 19. Leading change in the expanded K-12 classroom / Brian Talbott 20. Leadership in institution building: the National Open School of India / Marmar Mukhopadhyay 21. Treading a fine line: consultancy in open and distance learning / Bernadette Robinson 22. The International Extension College: leadership beyond the mainstream / Barbara Spronk 23. Jones International University: converging marketplace entrepreneurship and education / Glenn R. Jones 24. Lessons for the future / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna
