Rural economic development requires local consensus and a coordinated effort by community leaders and the public at large. In 12 rural Georgia counties, the University of Georgia is implementing a Rural Revitalization Initiative (RRI) that emphasizes collaboration of public officials and private individuals across disciplines, professions,…

This publication outlines approaches librarians may take to begin a literacy program in a public library or a literacy coalition in the community, and provides guidelines for writing a successful literacy grant application to fund the coalition. Ways in which a library may advance literacy and serve patrons for whom English is a second language…

This report on the New York State Community Schools Pilot Project summarizes the project, focusing primarily on the Edwin Gould Foundation for Children's role in providing technical assistance, coordination, and support services. Between January and October of 1988, the Gould Foundation conducted the following activities: (1) organized a statewide…

This report highlights the key benefits and opportunities that may flow to local elected officials (LEOs) from implementing a successful Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) partnership. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 explains the specific benefits and opportunities that accrue to LEOs and their communities: (1) reduction of unemployment…

Prospective students interested in attending Columbia College, which is located in a rural area near Sonora, California, have, until recently, faced a lack of available on- and off-campus housing. In 1983, a local developer expressed an interest in building and operating student housing on campus. After determining the feasibility and legality of…

The emotional, social, intellectual, and physical needs of young people from 10 to 15 years old are being increasingly recognized in the schools, but the activities of these students after school are just beginning to be considered in terms of their effects on adolescents' academic and personal growth. Early in 1985, the University of North…

Lesley College (Massachusetts) and a Texas school district have collaborated in preparing new teachers. The Lesley College/Spring, Texas partnership challenges traditional delineations of responsibilities in teacher education. Preservice and inservice education are shared responsibilities of both the college and the school district. Third year…

"The Excellence in Education Act of 1985" recently passed by the Missouri General Assembly provides incentives for school districts and other institutions to encourage programs that emphasize business-education partnerships, school improvement councils, parent participation proposals, instructional improvement projects, and other school…

Guidelines concerning formal contacts between U.S. and foreign colleges are presented. Linkages mainly refer to institutional affiliation that extends beyond a simple exchange program. Linkage between two institutions is the primary concern. The first step is to investigate the feasibility of a linkage program. After selecting an area of the world…

The Training and Learning Center (TLC), located on the campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University provides an opportunity for special education majors to bridge the gap between theory and practice. The TLC program incorporates a transdisciplinary approach, using the services of specialists in speech and language therapy, audiology, physical…

Issues concerning a state policy supporting cooperative ventures among colleges and universities in Pennsylvania are discussed. It is suggested that a state policy encouraging successful interinstitutional cooperation must: avoid threatening the institutions, recognize that they must be the actual bargaining entities, inspire their interest…

A seven day project integrating aging into a fifth grade curriculum with a special emphasis on dance was conducted at Mt. View Elementary School (Omaha, Nebraska). The residency focused on activities that incorporated concepts of aging into lessons dealing with dance, art, music, health education, language, and social studies. Older adults visited…

The objective of this report was to improve coordination between schooling, economic development, and employment opportunities available within and outside the Lake Manitoaba Indian Reserve. This community was on the average younger than most other rural communities of similar size in the province; moreover, the number of families that frequently…

Teacher centers began as small-scale, particularistic, dynamic, and tentative organizational forms. Each center developed its own personality, and no single institutional norm became the mold from which centers were cast. This fact has important implications for the kinds of collaborative arrangements into which teacher centers and teacher…

Ways that business and colleges can work together to promote continuing higher education and collaboration models are described in articles based on a forum sponsored by the National University Continuing Education Association's Continuing Higher Education Leadership Project. The perspectives of industry and higher education are covered, along…