A survey of 1,054 institutions by the AACJC Service Center for Community College-Labor Union Cooperation concluded that while substantial joint undertakings exist between unions and community colleges, in many cases labor and community colleges are waiting for the other party to make the first move. (JG)

Describes the origins, operations, and lessons learned from the Florida Schoolyear 2000 Initiative. This collaborative educational redesign effort includes the Performance Technology Department at Florida State University, the Florida Legislature, the Florida Department of Education, and nine collaborating school districts. (AEF)

Local interdisciplinary teams from universities in the District of Columbia, Cleveland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina participated in a national project that involved nursing, medicine, and health administration students in experiential learning and continuous improvement in health care settings. (SK)

Contributors of four articles comment on the importance and benefits of effective partnerships between libraries and private business, and describe their experiences in developing cooperative programs. They also identify characteristics of successful partnerships. (AEF)

Examines the call for change in academic libraries and the role of team decision making in planning. Discusses necessary components of a team decision-making model and authority boundaries in team management. Describes team management in Information Sciences at Oregon State University. (AEF)

Compares the influence of policy frameworks guiding collaborative initiatives in a Kentucky elementary school and an Ontario (Canada) collegiate school, both participants in two larger longitudinal studies. Explores complex issues related to participants' professional service ethic and advocacy role. Despite institutional pressures for constrained…

This article discusses the process and structures of teacher collaboration; the collaborative tools available to educators for accommodating students with disabilities in regular settings; and the instructional, curricular, and contextual factors in designing more inclusive educational programs. It proposes a decision network that collaborating…

Describes a joint project in which California State University, Los Angeles delivered an advanced course to students at Tomsk Polytechnic University in Tomsk, Russia using Telnet communications. Discusses the technology, course alterations, the role of local coordinators, delivery, and future opportunities. (AEF)

Describes Mathematics in Context, a middle-level mathematics curriculum developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Utrecht, in the Netherlands. Instead of proceeding from a generalization to specific examples, the math originates in real problems; conversely, the mathematics learned is used to solve…

Memorial Hall Library in Andover, Massachusetts wanted to offer live reference service online but with limited resources, they couldn't do it alone. The 24/7 Reference cooperative program administered by the California State Library required Memorial Hall's librarians to monitor only 10 hours a week in return for live reference coverage. Memorial…

Describes a system of four separate but interdependent school-university consortia that have been developed as part of the special education department's reform and restructuring initiatives in a Florida university. The rationale for the consortia, barriers to their implementation, and their missions, activities, and governance structures are…

Reviews the development of comprehensive and collaborative service systems for children with serious emotional disturbance and their families from the advocacy of the 1960s to the present. A detailed description of an empirically supported model system operating in Vermont is presented along with other state models. (Author/CR)

Contends it is increasingly important that new teachers be comfortable with new uses of technology. Discusses "The WebQuest Connection," a cooperative effort between children and teachers in a local school district and university students enrolled in a secondary reading methods course. Explains that this project allows preservice teachers to…

Discusses the formation of a consortium of five technical colleges formed to counter the threat of school closure. States that the colleges were effective in averting shut-down, but planned changes failed, perhaps due to lack of belief in a common central mission and vision for the college consortium. (Contains 21 references.) (NB)

Examines how business-school partnerships tend to function on the fringe of educational issues, rarely addressing educational improvement. Looks at the causes of this phenomenon, the goals of businesses in forming partnerships, and the schools' role in maintaining the tenuous nature of these collaborations. (Contains 10 tables and 21 references.)…