Discusses the goals of library networks in terms of sharing scarce resources and improving user access to information, and advocates cooperative library planning to enhance these goals, including interlibrary activities and multitype library systems. (CLB)

Describes North Carolina's state-supported programs linking community colleges to industrial training needs. Reviews cooperative skills training centers, state priority programs, new and expanding industry training, and state legislative support. Reviews strategies that have been successful nationally. (DMM)

Discusses providers of and the concept of liberal adult education in Finland. Providers include (1) folk high schools, (2) adult education centers, (3) voluntary popular organizations, (4) public libraries, (5) evening schools, (6) cooperative groups formed of universities and other adult education providers, (7) summer universities, and (8)…

The partnership movement has matured to recognize that work/education partnerships are time-consuming and resource-intensive. There is now a richer understanding of the potentials and limits of public/private partnerships. (BJV)

Examines the new high school course requirements for admittance to baccalaureate and community college transfer programs established by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Reviews trends in admissions requirements nationwide. (DMM)

The interdisciplinary school-university partnership based at Stanford University is establishing a database for developing educational policy. The following features are discussed: (1) historical perspective; (2) data collection/feedback process and its contribution to the linking of researcher and practitioner on a national basis; (3) lessons…

The description of the educational collaborative program between Yale and the town of New Haven includes the following: (1) historical perspective; (2) reasons for Yales' community involvement; (3) pressures to redefine and expand project; (4) aims, activities, schedules, and terminology; and (5) structure and distribution of responsibility. (PS)

Discusses business-school partnerships designed to confront the declining number of high school graduates, the ever-worsening dropout problem, and projected shortages of technically skilled workers. Describes regional and national collaborative programs sponsored by Digital, Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed, and Atlantic-Richfield. Includes six…

Describes the Domesday Project, a cooperative government, corporate, community, and school venture which will gather and preserve survey information, statistics, photographs, and maps on two interactive laser videodiscs to provide a lasting comprehensive record of late twentieth century life in the United Kingdom. (MBR)

Describes three goal-oriented strategies used by St. Clair College-Thames Campus (Chatham, Ontario) to meet the needs of the community: cooperation with other major providers of continuing adult education; collaboration with the Kent County Board of Education to obtain updated and upgraded technical equipment; and community outreach to assess…

An elective case study course involving graduate students from various health profession disciplines from two universities was developed to provide a forum for health care teams to discuss the philosophical and functional impact of situations and their alternative solutions. The nonclinical, administratively-oriented problem situations stressed…

Collaboration among five public school systems, the Digital Equipment Corporation, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst has created the Math/English/Science/Technology Education Project. The program recruits and prepares prospective teachers under the guidance of experienced, practicing teachers, and provides the new teachers with…

This article describes how the assessment center has enhanced the service and training facilities of the University of Utah and suggests ways in which universities can make significant contributions to the assessment center through research. (TE)

Points out advantages and disadvantages of industry-university research programs from industry and university viewpoints. Identifies conditions essential for long-term success of such arrangements. Also provides a case study of practices at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), discussing policy guidelines and giving examples of joint…

Describes a collaborative project in which university faculty members, graduate students, public and private school teachers, and sixth and seventh grade students worked closely together to develop and evaluate a new middle school social studies curriculum. (HOD)