Consultation is a relationship between two or more professionals for the purpose of exchanging information and cooperation. Guidelines which define the consultation relationship include: (1) the job-centered relationship; (2) the strength-building relationship; (3) the communication relationship; and (4) the choice of action. (JN)

Methods and procedures which should be used by an Advanced Institutional Development Program grantee college in selecting an assisting agency or a consulting firm to provide assistance in the areas of academic program and administrative capacity improvement are recommended and include: (1) the college should devote considerable time and thought to…

The following considerations are of major importance to the persons who act as technical assisters for the Long Range Plan for School Improvement (LRPSI) in Pennsylvania: (1) long-range planning should be viewed as a deliberative and participative process; its steps should not be considered in isolation from each other; (2) comprehensive needs…