As education becomes more and more specialized, the need for diversity within academic programs becomes greater. The solution to this uniformity, especially in the United States, has been that of the formation of consortia or other cooperative agreements between and among different colleges and universities. The province of Ontario, Canada, has…

This search of the ERIC system, Dissertation Abstracts, and the journal literature, yields 50 document abstracts which cover the mutual relationships for the implementation of long-range educational objectives between state departments of education and school systems, four-year institutions, and colleges and secondary schools. (CJ)

These appendixes contain (1) correspondence related to selection of exemplary cooperative education programs for study in developing guidelines for planning, managing, and evaluating such programs and (2) materials collected from the programs identified relating to project management, objectives, program evaluation, and followup. (Volume I, the…

Organizational and administrative procedures for conducting a successful blood donation drive are presented. (MJB)

A cooperative program for gifted fourth, fifth, and sixth graders began as a result of budget cuts. The program has experimented with scheduling patterns, course offerings, and teacher selections. (Author/CL)

This bibliography of journal articles and documents on cooperative relationships between colleges of education and schools is divided into four sections; (1) staff development programs; (2) student teaching/field experience programs; (3) college faculty programs; and (4) overlapping programs, categorized as general. (MT)

Reviews cooperative efforts of the Tennessee Valley Authority and universities to form a "network" of university-based centers for environmental and energy education. Services at the six centers currently operating include: in-service/preservice teacher education; community resources/global trends; coordination for environmental…

Described are theological beliefs thought likely to influence a clergyman's interactions with college student personnel services. (GW)

The Consortium of Foundation Librarians is a group of New York area librarians of philanthropic foundations and foundation interest organizations. Through interlibrary communications and cooperation it has achieved such concrete results as union lists of periodicals and reference works, and serves as a forum for discussion of problems and…

In this secound part of a four-part series, planning for a cooperative education program is examined and an agenda provided. The availability of interested students and degree of community support must be investigated. The teacher-coordinator is the key to the program's success. (AG)

Part three of a four-part series emphasizes the importance of the role of teacher-coordinator in a cooperative education program by itemizing the reasons for his supervisory visits to the training stations. (AG)

(A paper presented at Building Research Institute conference, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1973.) (Author)

(A paper presented at Building Institute Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov. 27, 1973.) (Author)

(A paper presented at Building Research Institute conference, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1973.) (Author)

The author suggests that it is wrong to attempt to equate the responsibilities of a cooperative vocational teacher-coordinator with those of a regular classroom teacher. He lists the competencies of an effective teacher-coordinator and the guidelines for establishing cooperative programs through school, local, state, and federal levels. (KP)