In the fall of 1972, the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Library began an internal management survey of its public service reference department (excluding circulation and special collections) with the objectives of streamlining operations and establishing more service points for users. Initial data was called from an earlier user survey.…

The Appalachian Adult Education Center (AAEC) conducted a study of the services of two institutions, public libraries and public schools, serving disadvantaged adults in cooperation. The study was conducted at four AAEC centers in Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The problems explored included information needs of…

This study examined the financial human, material, and organizational feasibility of developing and operating the Syracuse Model Elementary Teacher Education Program. (Phase I report is ED 026 301 and ED 026 302.) The study was conducted by the Syracuse University Protocooperative, an organization composed of four public schools, two Title III…

The success of a small-scale, closed circuit educational television project run at the Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences in Eskisehir, Turkey has led to the expansion of the experiment. The expanded project will offer services to other academies, demonstrate the effective use of educational television, and serve as an integral part of…

A questionnaire survey was conducted to determine the amounts and types of interinstitutional cooperation, including the number of persons participating, that existed in Montana postsecondary education. The cooperative activities included consortia of educational institutions, faculty exchange, provisions for student exchanges and/or concurrent…

The proceedings cover a conference of representatives of all the community colleges in the southern part of Illinois and one in Kentucky with representatives from the School of Technical Careers at Southern Illinois University. The conference objectives were to discuss common problems and issues related to closer coordination of effort among the…

The Instructor-Counselor Program is designed to prepare teachers for special service in lower division college programs, especially in student development programs concentrating on basic skills. It emphasizes academic counseling, tutoring, and special approaches to instruction, especially for the underachieving-disadvantaged student. Both full-…

Eighty-seven countries were represented at the 1968 Conference on Public Education. Topics discussed were: I. Education for International Understanding as an Integral Part of the Curriculum and Life of the School, and II. Environmental Studies. The Summary Report of Plenary Meetings, comprising the major portion of the document, includes…

This report presents the issues and findings of this conference of superintendents from the 43 largest city school systems in the nation. The conference dealt with (1) communication and cooperation between public and nonpublic school educators and their respective school systems and (2) financing the public and nonpublic components of the…

This document provides an historical perspective on state government involvement in postsecondary articulation/transfer matters, and a state-by-state discussion of articulation developments in higher education. To date, 39 states have released guidelines or policies regulating the transfer of credit between two- and four-year colleges, and in some…

Papers generated by and for a conference on articulation between various types of postsecondary institutions and between institutions and the world of work are presented in this monograph. (1) Articulation: A Multipersonal Affair, (2) Interinstitutional Efforts and Cooperation in Meeting Postsecondary Vocational Education Needs, (3) Articulation…

This report describes a cooperative project designed to inform area residents of available adult education opportunities and to establish a central information contact point. The regional Adult Education Coordinating Committee compiled a list of adult education courses and services offered by member institutions, devised newspaper and radio…

An experimental health-care delivery and teaching model, the health department-medical school affiliation, is described. Its conceptual basis and the affiliation agreement are reviewed and its impact is likened to that of the medical school-teaching hospital affiliation. The affiliation between the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department and…

Purdue University's Industrial Education Department cooperated with a county manpower center to provide on-the-job training for CETA clients in repairing Purdue's physical plant, thereby helping the manpower center clients and also the university's maintenance department. The article describes the training programs and skills instruction. (MF)

Examines the effects of changes and diminishments in financial support and the future of university-based research in Britain. Assesses schemes for finding university research and discusses concerns dealing with selectivity, university collaboration, and the vertical stratification of universities for scientific research. (ML)