In 1967, a group of minority community members and faculty of the various community colleges in the Puget Sound Region banded together in an attempt to make their institutions more responsive to their communities and students. Out of their first meetings emerged a cooperative effort by the involved institutions to improve and expand services and…

This paper reports the progress to date and plans of the Appalachian Consortium Special Development Project, funded under Title III of the Higher Education Act. The participating institutions joined the consortium because it was felt that only through a cooperative arrangement could they overcome the limitations of inadequate resources arising…

A history of radio and television community college education in Florida is given, beginning with pioneering efforts by individual colleges, and concluding with the organization of a statewide consortium which divides the state into six regions, determined by the broadcast ranges of particular educational television stations. (NHM)

Bergen Community College (New Jersey) and CBS are planning a new TV course to begin this May. Entitled "Science and Society: A Humanistic View," it will explore the impact of science and technology on man's destiny. This article traces the steps taken to develop this series and discusses program costs. (DC)

Describes a project designed to explore, define and assess the capability of four-year colleges to work cooperatively with the community colleges in the planning and development of allied health programs. (DC)

This document contains the four issues of volume 21 of the newsletter, "Linkages." The first issue discusses business partnerships, collaboration, community outreach, grants and contributions at the following community colleges: Salt Lake (UT), Monroe (NY), Niagara County (NY), Elgin (IL), Westmoreland (PA), Wayne (NC), Redlands (OK), Burlington…

Describes the Freshman/Sophomore Minority Teachers Grant Program, a collaborative project among several postsecondary institutions that provides mentors for minority students who are interested in teaching. (YKH)

Luzerne County Community College (Pennsylvania) received funds to articulate its program with three vocational/technical high schools in its service area. The proposal involved establishing a consortium intended to develop greater cooperation and more effective career education planning, to eliminate duplication, and to provide greater use of…

Community forums, based on newspaper courses operating as part of the Black Hawk College (Illinois) university parallel program, were completely planned, administered, and executed by the college humanities faculty in cooperation with community co-sponsors. In most cases, the cooperative efforts represented new official ties between college and…

Pima Community College (PCC) in Tucson is involved in a number of creative alliances with the Arizona business community, including the Arizona Consortium for Education and Training and the Arizona State Environmental Technical Training Center (ASETT). Through the Consortium, PCC, in conjunction with Arizona four-year colleges, provides specific…

The materials in this compilation focus on various aspects of Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) Urban Community College Transfer Opportunity Program (UCCTOP) activities. The first report provides on overview of CCC's UCCTOP emphases (i.e., early articulation initiatives and understandings, expansion of curricula linkages with postsecondary…

This project report consists of several parts. The first section describes the project conducted to develop articulation agreements in vocational education between secondary and postsecondary institutions in Virginia. Outlines of the project's phases are provided; these include development of mini-project funding requests, awarding of funding,…

A regional approach to offering vocational education in Douglas County, Oregon, had been discussed for many years. In 1984, a feasibility study was conducted to determine whether such a regional approach would be possible in the county and to establish vocational programs determined as high priority in the feasibility study. Through discussions…

The purpose of this monograph is to review the state of the art and to supply a framework for the further investigation and development of cooperative arrangements for international programming between senior institutions and community colleges. The first chapter, "The Growing National Interest in International Understanding," reviews…

In response to the great need for less than baccalaureate degree programs in Maine, a grant was made to finance the development of the three programs described here. Offered are a AA degree program in Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management, a program of inservice education in Respiratory Therapy which should serve as a model for programs in other…