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Abstract: This article proposes a framework that can help institutions break down and analyze the costs of online learning so they can make decisions about how to improve the cost-efficiencies of online education. The framework involves looking at costs across elements (which include the two stages of development and delivery plus administration of the enterprise) and seven factors: students, faculty, other staff, course design, content, infrastructure, and policy. The elements and factors may combine and interact, thereby improving (or not improving) cost-efficiencies. Where possible, current research results are included and areas where research is needed are identified.

Abstract: Few presidents leave under "normal" expected circumstances. Quite often this void left must be filled with an interim appointment. What the interim is expected to do, length of service, and ramification of the choice of interim are issues a governing body must consider before the need becomes reality.

Abstract: Calls for a reexamination of the way in which higher education institutions select their leaders. The prevalence of the "lame-duck" syndrome, exacerbated by resignations up to a year in advance and the appointment of interim leaders to serve while searches for permanent leaders take place, has repercussions throughout the institution in terms of willingness to take risk and to implement substantive change. Proposes some possible alternatives to the current system of recruitment and replacement as a means of facilitating strong leadership on campus.

Abstract: Book review: Presidential Leadership: Making a Difference, by James Fisher and James Koch. ACE/ Oryx Press, 1996. 421 pages. ISBN 1-573656-020-0.

Abstract: Book Review: Redesign Collegiate Leadership: TEams and Teamwork in Higher Euducation, by Estela Mara Bensimon and Anna Neumann. Johns Hopskins University Press, 1993. 182 pages. ISBN 0-8018-4561-0 How Academic Leadership Works: Understanding Success and Failure in College Presidency, by Robert Birnbaum. Jossey-Bass, 1992. ISBN 1-55542-466-X.