Having a high-end campus computer network is not sufficient for optimal application of this technology in the college classroom. Drawing on the experiences of a sample of some 100 North American higher education institutions that participated in a 1998 study, eight contributed chapters analyze issues/trends relating to funding, technical, and pedagogical support; workload; multi-institutional collaboration; collective bargaining; and intellectual property. Epper is a California State U. consultant. Bates directs distance education and technology at the U. of British Columbia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
