Article discusses the importance of collaboration among professional organizations, government entities, and counselors on behalf of career development. Provides examples of possible international and national collaborative initiatives and policy emphases. (Author/JDM)

Six studies of formal interorganization collaborative partnerships are synthesized. The types of outcomes associated with collaboration and organizational characteristics and processes deemed essential for continuity are identified. (Author/MT)

Focuses on problems associated with program development for older adults. Dangers are exemplified by the inability of program designers to share expertise. Territoriality becomes central in determining who should develop and implement programs for and about older people. Collaborative efforts between gerontologists and educators are suggested to…

Examines the nature of programming partnerships between student affairs staff and others, including four case studies that highlight benefits associated with these partnerships. Summarizes the most important aspects, as embodied in these examples, that led to success in each of the partnerships. (Contains 10 references.) (Author/GCP)

Discusses systems theory applied to alcoholism programing which enables programers to analyze a project for maximum system effectiveness. It is suggested that generating scarce resources, especially clients, and having appropriate services, calls for extensive interorganizational linkages and for sensitive interaction with the environment. (Author)

Intended to aid schools, colleges, and departments of education in the implementation of inservice teacher education programs or in the expansion of existing programs, this monograph presents current research findings on the role of the university in teacher inservice education. It outlines a step-by-step process for making such programs an…

In fall 1996, the British Columbia Ministry of Education, Skills and Training released a strategic plan calling for the development of block transfer agreements between institutions to eliminate the time-consuming process of course-by-course credit assessment. Currently, institutions conduct independent evaluations of elements of an incoming…

This literature review focuses on the potential for creating a formal multi-state cooperative extension among New England land-grant universities and makes recommendations concerning the structure and operational characteristics of such a consortium. The review examines the following areas: interorganizational cooperation/collaboration;…

This is the first of three reports geared to educator training and which encompass alternative approaches to collaboration and expert input, as well as a range of diverse topics related to adult learning. This particular document is a colleciton of papers presenting alternative models for collaboration that relate to various aspects of adult…

The California Academic Partnership Program (called CAPP-Eisenhower in recognition of the act of Congress that funded the program) was established in 1983 to facilitate collaboration between secondary and postsecondary institutions. This volume, the program's final product, offers 16 papers in 3 sections, providing, respectively, highlights of the…

This information bulletin is one in a series devoted to adult education and learning in Slovenia. The bulletin is organized in four sections. The first section, SIAE [Slovenian Institute for Adult Education] Events, contains the following articles: "Proposals for Making the Year of Languages" (Sonja Klemencic); "Evaluation of the…

This Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Update provides a quick primer of some of the key areas where states have flexibility to develop their own programs and processes in the new Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program. This guide is organized in seven sections that cover the following topics: (1) introduction; (2) why local areas…

This report looks at the concerns and issues about the growing involvement of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in education, provides legislative information and primers about the programs in the three education areas with which JTPA links most often, and provides program models and resources. Specifically, the report looks at four areas:…

Major themes that dominate institutional support for teaching are addressed by representatives of large research-oriented institutions of higher education that form the "Panel on Research and Development of Instructional Resources." The Panel is composed of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago. Contents are as follows: "The Panel…

This report of a project to begin to develop a plan for research, development, and instruction in adult vocational education in Illinois has two specific goals: (1) to identify the current status of adult vocational education in Illinois and (2) to recommend key directions for state actions. It presents information collected through a…