The Atlanta Adopt-A-School Program provides a formal organizational system to bring together schools and community businesses, service organizations, governmental agencies, and religious groups. Specific activities and programs that have been successful in elementary, middle, and high schools are described. (MT)

Innovative arrangements for collaboration between universities and industrial firms are discussed, and benefits for each sector are identified. Problems inherent in these relationships because academe's and industry's values and expectations differ significantly are described. (MLW)

The promise of wide commercial applicability of, and large profits from, important technologies has attracted industrial interest in and support for research on an unprecedented scale. With the number of National Institutes of Health awards for research declining, new sources of financial support must be found. (MLW)

A report from the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is discussed. The major issues and options that should be considered before establishing or reevaluating an overseas program are described. (Author/MLW)

This article offers a brief historical analysis of corporate involvement in public schools and discusses still unresolved issues in the current passion for increasing private-sector participation in public schools. The business community's role and the importance of educators striking a balance between external and internal interests are also…

Describes the results of a survey of librarians and suggests ways to develop cooperative programs between school and community libraries. (AEA)

Panel I features two case histories of state government, university, and private corporation cooperation to bring technology to the workplace (Microelectronics Center of North Carolina and Ben Franklin Partnership Program) and presentations about Burlington Industries and General Electric Company investments in technology to save jobs and boost…

A discussion of what methods exist, how to introduce a new method, which method is best, interrelationships of programs, and educational philosophy. (HD)

Describes a collaborative model for continuing education of nurses and its implications for staff development. Reviews the historical development of the committee's efforts which resulted in this model, the process of collaborative programming, the pooling of resources, the sharing of problems encountered, major outcomes and benefits of…

Describes the activities of the Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society, a Texas-based student association composed of a private four-year college and three community colleges. The society is dedicated to the study of local history. (DC)

A cooperative program between Colorado State University and Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital is described that allows graduate veterinary students to observe and participate, in a limited way, in the hospital's surgical program. (LBH)

Describes the establishment and activities of the Spartanburg County Elementary School Administrators Study Council, which was organized through a cooperative effort of the University of South Carolina and seven school districts in Spartanburg County. (JG)

The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of HRD students from Pittsburg State University in the US and the National Institute of Development Administration in Thailand toward a cooperative HRD graduate program. This study was designed to gather information to determine 1) interest in a cooperative program, 2) important cooperative…

Because of social changes, a large number of teenagers are entering parenthood with little or no parenting education. A need has presented itself for communities, including school districts, to provide parenting education for teens. This practicum project involved the design and implementation of a strategy to provide practical parenting education…

These hearings transcripts record testimony given in Vancouver, Washington, on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Ideas were solicited on ways the federal government could support local partnerships between the business and education communities. Prepared statements and transcripts of testimony are presented for the…