The opinion that both business and higher education want to "do their jobs in the best way, with the best people, and with the maximum efficiency" is expressed by an AT&T executive. Both need to work at understanding one another, to find areas where they can work together. (Author/MLW)

The role of the trustee in interinstitutional cooperation is discussed. Benefits include: plant facilities sharing, joint credit unions, library exchange, joint health care facilities, joint counseling, joint apprenticeship programs, cross registration, faculty exchange joint appointments, etc. (Author/LBH)

One of the primary obligations of a university today is to participate in community building. A university's liaison with regional businesses means financial support, political leverage, the revitalization of key programs, and the development of pride and identity reaching beyond campus boundaries.(MLW)

The spirit of cooperation between business and higher education helps to strengthen America's private sector. Cooperative programs with Deere and Company and Rome Industries, with the fast food industry (Chick-fil-A), and with a development firm (Garden Lakes Company) are described. (MLW)

Urban colleges are in a favorable situation for cooperation--on mission-related activities like sharing faculty and students, on activities essential for operation, life computer use, and on activities growing out of the urban setting, including community problem-solving. (Author/LBH)

An excerpt from "Corporate and Campus Cooperation: An Action Agenda" (a report from the Business-Higher Education Forum) explains some methods for strengthening the link between the business and education communities. (Author/MLW)

The role of colleges and universities in corporate education can and should be substantially expanded, or academic institutions will be increasingly pushed aside by proprietary and nonprofit organizations. Issues to be addressed in this change include academic arrogance and corporate resentment, college faculty as consultants, and corporate…

The Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project, a 15-year plan to integrate telecommunications and advanced technology with higher education is discussed. Viewer-students can sign up with local colleges to earn academic credits. (Author/MLW)

Corporate/college relations is a new activity for the business community, growing partly out of concern over the widespread ignorance and hostility among faculty and students. Business and education share common problems--inflation, government regulation, pressure from women and minorities, and tenure--and cooperative programs result in mutual…

Instead of hiring outside consultants for each institution's problems, these colleges set up their own three-person permanent consulting team. Among its accomplishments are: averting a financial crisis, aiding a recovery from financial crisis, reorganizing for steady states, and launching statewide planning. (Author/LBH)

Foothill College's conviction that partnerships with local corporations are critical to college viability has led to nearly $3 million in donations from business to the college's educational programs. Foothill's partnership with Tandem Computers Inc. is described. (MLW)

The chancellor of the University of Nevada system believes in the personal approach--corporate executive officer to corporate executive officer--to cement the types of corporate-campus arrangements that both partners find profitable and beneficial. (Author/MLW)

The John Wood Community College (Quincy, Ill.) "common market" concept based on contracts with neighboring two-year and four-year institutions in a three-state area is described. Students have access to courses and student activities at all the contracting institutions. Duplication of facilities is avoided, saving taxpayers money. (MLW)

Experiences at the time that George Mason University launched its first major corporate relations effort with the establishment of the George Mason Institute of Science and Technology are discussed. (MLW)

Successful interinstitutional partnerships have common elements, including strong presidential commitment, administrative support mechanisms, faculty and staff involvement, periodic evaluation, integrated cooperation in each institution's day-to-day work, and communication. Care in choosing areas of cooperation, and the use of a joint advisory…