This article describes the Educational Enhancement Partnership Model of teacher education. This model is primarily characterized by its partnership among colleges or universities which train teachers, the public school system, the government, and the business community. (MT)

Partnerships between schools and universities consist of an agreement on mutually acceptable goals and objectives, as well as on means of achieving them. Three types of partnerships are identified: programs to pair schools and colleges, to integrate high school with college, and to provide professional development. (MLW)

The chancellor of the University of Nevada system believes in the personal approach--corporate executive officer to corporate executive officer--to cement the types of corporate-campus arrangements that both partners find profitable and beneficial. (Author/MLW)

A nationwide study that examined continuing medical education (CME) "programmatic linkages" between medical schools and community hospitals is reported. Data indicated that a majority of medical schools have positive and beneficial CME programmatic linkages with community hospitals. (Author/MLW)

Examines a proposal utilizing a series of models that enable Service Delivery Areas to provide eligible in-school youth with JTPA (Job Partnership Training Act) services through the schools' vocational co-op programs. Describes goals, delivery system, accomplished objectives, and benefits to the student, service delivery area, school district,…

The St. Joseph County Community Education Roundtable (Indiana) consists of representatives of three school systems, five area colleges and universities, and local businesses and community organizations. The focus is on better schools through public support, outstanding teachers and administrators, quality curriculum, cost-effective delivery, and…

Discusses a cooperative education program developed for undergraduate students who attend the university for five years, completing the requirements of their university degree as well as 24 months of work experience. Student, faculty, and industry roles in the program and some effects/results of the program are considered. (JM)

Unable to provide needed transportation for 1,000 high school students, a California school district cooperated with the county transit district to bus the students. The successful project included extra buses on existing routes, adjusted school hours, special bus stops at schools, and free student passes. (MCG)

Some 280 industry, education, labor, and state and local government leaders exchanged information about how Appalachian programs can harness technology to make traditional industries more competitive, package capital for job-creating industries and business, launch service industries, match education with jobs, and fit displaced workers into the…

A partnership between Honeywell and a Minnesota school district benefited both organizations through shared resources and provision of staff development programs. Details on how this collaborative project was designed and implemented are discussed. (DF)

Offers suggestions, based on own experience with a workshop focusing on graphics, in creating a technical communication workshop involving both the business and the academic community. (MM)

Basic factors in planning for successful school-business partnerships are reviewed, including expectations of schools, staff involvement and support, expectations of businesses, and steps for building the partnership. Some successfully operating programs are described. (MJL)

The consortium/teacher education council approach to collaboration in teacher education centers seems to close the gap between token school involvement and actual involvement. (Author)

At the direction of the California State Legislature, the authors explored regional planning in other states as well as in California in an effort to determine the advantages and disadvantages of voluntary versus mandated interinstitutional cooperation. In this revised report the current state of regional planning and various alternatives for…

Greatly increased emphasis on field experience/cooperative education programs is being proposed at a time when the assimilative capacity of work organizations to absorb the learners in those programs is under question. Research on assimilative capacity and availability of positions for learners at various stages, federal financial support for…