Describes how District of Columbia school districts cut costs through cooperative purchasing. (JF)

Rebuts Howard Ozmon's article in the January 1982 "Kappan" by arguing that business-education partnerships should be fostered rather than discouraged. States that businesses have much to share in managerial expertise and new technologies, but cautions educators to be selective and to set the rules for participation in partnerships. (Author/WD)

This article discusses effective strategic planning and management of employer cooperative education programs. It examines types of planning, the need for such programs, and implementation strategies. Several case studies are considered: Dayton-Hudson, IBM, AT&T, Delta Airlines, and Rockwell International. (CT)

Reflects on the development of relationships between regional educational service agencies and urban school districts and discusses how collaboration can be facilitated. (Author/MK)

Describes the author's experiences studying during his junior year at Fordham College under Russell Kirk, through the Socratic tutorial system offered through International College. Relates the formal and informal aspects of his educational experiences. (AYC)

Explains the concept of positive spirituality and offers evidence that links positive spirituality with health. Describes effective partnerships between health professionals and religious communities and summarized the information as a basis for strengthening the existing successful aging model proposed by Rowe and Kahn. (Contains 59 references…

The reactions of a Ph.D.-level, counselor-in-training, a medical student, and a family practice resident to collaborative systems clinical training at a family practice residency program are given in this article. Addresses the initial impressions of the content and process of the teaching model and how the experience changed their views of…

From reporting structure to staffing, internship and co-op professionals share "inside" information about their experiential programs and personnel in response to a survey. (GCP)

Five school districts in the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan area have joined forces to offer a shared high school program, the Center for Advanced Studies and the Arts, that offers advanced classes and other specialized programs that are not available at students' home schools. (MLF)

The U.S. Army Reserve offers a nursing program through Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. The collaborative effort has resulted in an innovative program that can serve as a model for other colleges and universities. (JOW)

A long-distance friendship between two elementary school principals began when staff of a Duluth (Minnesota) elementary school read the December 1989 "Executive Educator" cover story about the condition of homeless children at a Rockaway Beach (New York) elementary school. Both schools worked on fundraisers to send Rockaway youngsters to summer…

Discussion of a survey on non-governmental organizations involved in community-based rehabilitation for people with disabilities focuses on differences between collaboration in industrialized and less developed countries; resource dependency; and structural characteristics of organizations that influence their interactions. The limited public…

Describes an effort among independent colleges to collaborate on administrative support, the WAICU Collaboration Project (named for the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities). Asserting that such an approach allows independent schools to maintain their fiscal health and independence, discusses the program's history and…

Describes how a growing number of top business schools, after years of trying to outdo one another, are joining forces in various academic programs. An example is the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, which has created a West-coast campus and partnership with INSEAD in France. Discusses how such partnerships present special problems.…

Describes Boulder Valley (Colorado) School District's development of a portfolio approach focusing on the administrator's leadership role in improving school success, rather than individual evaluation. The process features stakeholder collaboration in goal-setting and appraisal of school success, concentration on learning and teaching activities,…