Author briefly restated the intentions of the representatives of the people of Illinois when they created Sangamon State University, interpreted them as intellectual purposes, and delineated a few of the functions important in carrying them out. (Author/RK)

Describes the planning and activities of a two-day exchange program between urban and rural students. Includes 13 responses from a student developed poll administered before the exchange took place. (JN)

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…

This research summary presents data collected on Florida teacher centers. The role of colleges of education in teacher center development is emphasized. (JD)

College students involved in literacy education programs should be aware of who are involved in such programs, what the attitudes and agendas of each of the parties are, the resistance that the literacy programs might encounter, the uses of collaborative partnerships, and how to build collaborative partnerships, according to a study involving…

This report outlines plans and designated responsibilities developed under the direction of the Michigan State Board of Education for the purpose of providing direction and support for coordination of professional development program activities for teachers and other education professionals. The results of a need analysis for professional…

In January 1982, the West Virginia Board of Regents, the governing board for the 16 public colleges and universities in the state, established a state-level advisory committee for teacher education. This Teacher Education Advisory Committee (TEAC) consisted of a representative from each of the public and private senior institutions having one or…

This report describes plans for implementing a proposed center for research on teacher education. The proposal for the Center was a collaborative effort involving the 19 campuses of the California State University System to develop a national base for research on teacher education. The first section describes briefly the efforts undertaken to…

This program in history instruction has provided a cooperative attitude between faculties of the university and the community college, and is having a positive effect on the reshaping of curriculum and teaching methods as well. (Editor/RK)

A university-based office of evaluation research and a unified school district entered into a partnership arrangement for the purpose of developing a model to integrate program development and evaluation. The function of the model was to provide a common framework for all development efforts, regardless of the curricular area, and to use…

This report provides readers with three primary products: significant data on statewide planning for cooperative computing, a process model to evaluate the development of cooperative computing in any state, and a structural model to evaluate the products of implementation in states that have implemented plans for cooperative computing. Such…

This document presents findings and recommendations of a resource group charged with providing background information and recommendations concerning program planning in colleges and universities for the development of a master plan for higher education in Connecticut. Recommendations of the resource group include: (1) that the Commission for…

In order to offer students guidance about the rapidly increasing field of communications, Apollo High School developed a cooperative radio and television communication program to be added to the English curriculum. The objectives of the project were (1) to utilize the expertise of the staff and the resources of Apollo High School, the Daviess…

A 1984 survey by American Council on Education, Campus Trends, offers evidence of the extent of academe's involvement in corporate-college collaborative activities. Links including assisting students, supporting research, training employees, and joint programs are discussed. (MLW)

Describes the cooperative efforts of the University of Vermont's Office of Continuing Education and Instructional Development Center to create a program in outreach development support with the goals of developing new program sequences within academic units for nontraditional students and designing those sequences for adoption across the state to…