Contains information from three large chemical companies having a long-standing interest in cooperative education with chemistry students. Questions and answers are provided for specific information regarding DuPont, 3M, and Dow Chemical. (CS)

Describes the first efforts of a large French petrochemical firm, Elf Aquitaine, to set up research connections with American universities in high-technology areas. (CS)

Describes a cooperative Ph.D. program at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in which industrial and governmental employers participate with the Department of Chemical Engineering in training chemical engineers. (CS)

Identifying qualities deemed important by outstanding cooperative technical education coordinators can help other coordinators improve their job performance through inservice and preservice training. Significant discrepancies in coordinator behavior are identified and disagreements between what is being practiced and what should not be practiced…

Resources shared within a consortium of teacher centers improve the centers' performance and provide better inservice teacher education. (JD)

Provides several examples of cooperation between community colleges and community schools in Oklahoma to provide services in keeping with the tenets of community education. (AYC)

Suggests several ways that English teachers can cooperate with teachers in other subject areas and with the community to expand the number of people involved in teaching language skills to students and to provide greater motivation to students to develop language skills. (TJ)

Considers the application of purposive cooperative structures to guide community colleges in functioning effectively with other community schools and agencies. Provides examples of Charette, Delphi, and Community Forum models and examines established cooperative structures at Lane, Clackamus, and Denver Community Colleges. (CM)

Describes a cooperative program designed to bring together faculty members and housing professionals who want to work with each other. Programs should include advantages for both staff and faculty members as well as students. The interdepartmental relationship is more important than programs resulting from the relationships. (Author/BEF)

As part of the Introduction to Patient Evaluation course at the University of Texas Medical Branch, freshmen medical students visit a local elementary school to: observe variations of cognitive, physical, and social development; note variations through interactions; and interact with small groups of children. (LBH)

A collaborative format between school and agency for the production of videotape records is described. Specific examples for involving the learner, both affectively and cognitively, through videotaped records are presented and the use of videotape playback in the treatment process is considered. (Author/LBH)

The author presents an idea for regional coordination of vocational training programs to reduce or eliminate duplication of effort. He suggests establishment of a center or clearinghouse to act as an interface agency among all vocational education program sponsors, employers, education seekers, and job seekers, and to coordinate their needs and…

A program integrating classroom study and internship placement at LaGuardia Community College was designed to provide secretarial students with expertise in telephone techniques. Specific lesson objectives and a field assignment are included as examples. (TA)

Describes a partnership between the St. Louis County Welfare Department and the Duluth Manpower Services Office, a city agency set up to administer Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs, providing a total service employment and training project for General Assistance recipients 18 to 65 years old who are physically able to…

Describes the Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Public Schools agribusiness program, a secondary level program which emphasizes career exploration and on-the-job training experience; eight statements describe why the program has been successful. (HD)