This report includes an essay discussing the rationale behind the promotion and growth of consortia and some of the practical problems of interinstitutional cooperation, and an annotated bibliography of 52 selected references on the topic. Administration, funding, founding purposes, common arrangements, and development processes are discussed with…

This directory includes 115 cooperative arrangements involving 1,398 members. It is designed as a tool that can be used to promote cooperation and association and to assist research. Included in this directory are a list of consortia, program information, consortium directors, and location of consortium members. The cooperative arrangements cited…

This document lists the names, addresses, telephone numbers, chief administrative officers and 797 members of 80 consortia in higher education reported to meet five criteria. Each consortium: is a voluntary, formal organization, has three or more member institutions, has multiacademic programs, is administered by at least one full-time…

Guidelines that are designed to facilitate interinstitutional resource sharing are presented for trustees, legislators, business and lay leaders and educators based on a 1981 national conference. Attention is directed to the range of potential benefits of resource sharing, the structures and processes for achieving resource sharing, and the action…

Results of a two-year study of the cost effectiveness of cooperative programs operated by voluntary consortia of colleges and universities are reported. The findings are demonstrated in such a way that the potential benefits of such programs can be more widely understood. Six consortia were studied, including a consortium of three Catholic liberal…