This report summarizes the conclusions and recommendations of the California Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education. Emphasis is placed on the primary purposes and objectives of California public higher education, structure, governance, coordination and planning, access and retention, cooperation between institutions, new…

This speech reviews the cooperative effort of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Division of Education and the educational branches of the Armed Forces. Emphasis is placed on steps facilitating educational progress within the services. These issues concern transferability of service credits, accreditation of service educational…

Data were collected on the patterns of services provided by units of Higher Education in universities to community and junior colleges in the West, Midwest, East, and South during the years 1970 and 1971. The data were obtained by questionnaire returned by 36 of 61 universities to which it was sent. Results of the survey are presented by region,…

This report addresses a number of critical issues and recommends a variety of steps designed to enable the entire community of Illinois higher education, public and private, to respond. Study committees were appointed by the Board of Higher Education to investigate the following areas: admission and retention of students; institutional size and…

This paper is a general study of the ideals and basic principles upon which consortia are based and an analysis of the Colleges of Mid-America (C.M.A.) consortium in particular. The statement of purpose for the C.M.A. includes: (1) to nurture areas of common interest and develop enriched educational programs for our respective students; (2) to…

Described herein are the activities of the Southwest Region Educational Computer Network (SRECN) which was established under funding from the National Science Foundation to provide, via a network, remote computing services to institutions lacking adequate facilities. The report details how SRECN sought to develop the teaching of computer science…

The number of academic consortia, cooperating groups of institutions, have exploded in recent years in response to several societal and internal forces. While others have examined aspects of consortia, this paper reports the first intensive effort dealing with effectiveness. The study is divided into 2 parts: (1) What constitutes consortium…

This document contains recommendations from the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Commission to the State Legislature concerning postsecondary education needs in the 1970's. The recommendations pertain to: (1) the assessment of progress and needs in the state; (2) making postsecondary education available to all sectors of Minnesota; (3) the…

In this consortium directory update, 122 cooperative arrangements in postsecondary education are listed that have a membership of more than 1,250 institutions. Members of the Council for Interinstitutional Leadership are identified. Each consortium listed is a voluntary formal organization, has two or more member institutions, is general purpose,…

This paper suggests a model to integrate three essential thrusts in international education: (1) central concern with the future global society; (2) institutional cooperation across national/cultural boundaries; and (3) integrated planning on campuses, in individual schools, state or provincial systems, or national educational leadership agencies.…

Somerset County Technical Institute and Somerset County College jointly operate and administer a two-year associate program for an applied science degree which was designed primarily to avoid program duplication and competition for funds and students. (Author/BP)

Reports on a survey conducted in the Toronto area that was designed to investigate whether substantial differences exist in the attitudes of school librarians and public librarians toward combining school and public libraries. (Author/PF)

A Southern Regional Education Board workshop has identified and discussed ten areas (including environmental concerns, long-range planning and growth policies, and energy issues) in which the interdisciplinary resources of colleges and universities can be brought to bear for mutual benefit. (Editor/JT)

A cooperative program for training business education teachers was established by the Lethbridge Community College and the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Canada. The program combines courses from both institutions and leads to a Bachelor of Education degree. (EC)

This task force report to the Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York appraises present anxieties and suggests that higher education in New York must speak with one voice supporting efforts to maintain funding and low tuition and efforts to narrow public-private tuition gaps. (JT)