A continuing partnership, such as between Johnson & Johnson and the public relations program in the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers, the State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, sees the development of various benefits as well as perils. Such relationships begin with a contact phase, followed by…

This guide is one of a series of publications that the National Alliance of Business is providing to stimulate and sustain U.S. business efforts to restructure public education in order to make it more responsive to the changing requirements of the modern workplace. This publication provides business people with some of the tools that will help…

This handbook details a step-by-step process to establishing educational relationships or partnerships with business, labor, government, and community organizations. Worksheets are provided to help with this relationship-building process. Chapter 1 focuses on these areas: the why of a partnership, resources to support the effort, benefits for each…

This document provides case studies, written by the people involved, of the following private sector/public school collaborations: (1) Honeywell; (2) Metropolitan Life Insurance and the American Educator; (3) Burger King Corporation; (4) Murray Bergtraum High School for Business Careers; (5) The Public Education Fund; (6) The Boston Compact; and…

This handbook serves as a brief introduction to industry-education partnerships. It provides individuals in schools, businesses, and community organizations with basic information on partnership initiation and management. It also outlines strategies that will help in avoiding some of the problems that may have defeated previous partnership…

The focus of tech prep at Quad-City/Tri-County Vocational Regions/Black Hawk College was on providing all students with skills for higher education as well as job opportunities. To accomplish this, a comprehensive model applicable to all program areas was implemented to provide sequenced, vocationally and academically integrated, and complementary…

With Perkins tech prep funds, Lee College (Baytown, Texas), working with the Gulf Coast Tech Prep Consortium and the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District, developed a school-to-work apprenticeship model for tech prep programs. An advisory committe provided guidance in identifying targeted apprenticeable jobs, program content, and…

With 1993-94 and 1994-95 Perkins tech prep funds, Lee College, in cooperation with a consortium and local schools, planned, developed, and validated a school-to-work apprenticeship model for tech prep programs. The other educational partners were the Gulf Coast Tech Prep Consortium and nine high schools in eight area school districts. The…