This brief describes collaboration and cost-sharing among agencies and Federal programs to improve transition supports for youth with disabilities. The brief reviews suggested activities for forming collaborations and pooling resources, and provides examples of programs that have "blended" or "braided" funds provided by partner agencies. It also…

This article explores how the European Union coordinates education policy making through the use of a mode of governance called the open method of coordination (OMC). Part One briefly presents and discusses the mechanisms of the education OMC and its key characteristics. Part Two draws on contemporary theories of Europeanisation and discourse…

Joint use libraries in New Zealand are generally found in the form of School and Community Libraries, primarily in rural areas, but there is little information available about their effectiveness or success. Research was undertaken by surveying all identified joint use libraries in New Zealand and then following this with detailed Case Studies of…

Science in rural and remote schools has received unenviable press around the world. The political and administrative spotlight has fallen on the inadequate physical resources available to rural schools (Hawkes, Halverson and Brockmueller, 2002), inadequate professional development (Howley, Chadwick and Howley, 2002), and the problems…

To address the need for teachers with the skills to effectively teach English Language Learner (ELL) students, Portland State University (PSU) collaborated with three Portland area community colleges and 17 school districts to develop a program to recruit and prepare bilingual/bicultural teachers. This nine-year-old program provides a career…

Since 2003, a collaborative teaching project 'The Multicultural Society in the Netherlands' has been running with increasing levels of success. This project links Dutch Studies students at Sheffield with students at University College London to pursue a collaborative inquiry into issues of migration and multiculturalism. Cross-institutional…

This supplement to the final report (ED 040 693) presents research summaries of member institutions of the Oklahoma Consortium on Research Development--an organization which seeks, as one of its objectives, the development of viable, ongoing research programs. The summaries contain information on: (1) institutional involvement in the Consortium;…

A taxonomy was devised for describing and classifying organizational characteristics that have set the pattern for the coordinating mechanisms in 41 states. The information assembled covers a period of years dating back to the beginnings of coordination in each state so that historic trends can be seen. The significant emerging trends are: (1) The…

The introduction to this paper overviews the project which was designed to provide the institute with contemporary, direct, and continuing feedback about basic issues and problems in teacher education for the disadvantaged. One page of information (gathered from proposals and from interim and final reports) is devoted to each of the 25 inter- and…

Primary aspects of the educational administrative internship are described, based upon preliminary findings of a Ford Foundation interuniversity internship program conducted at Cornell University, Syracuse University, the University of Rochester, and the State University of New York at Buffalo. The program's rationale is defined, the historical…

This study was undertaken to answer questions about the growing movement toward interinstitutional cooperation in higher education. After a brief discussion of the recent history of and rationale behind the growth of consortia, data on the 1,017 consortia under consideration are presented. Information is included on institutional size and control,…

Volume one of the two-volume report on the operation of the Educational Information Network (EIN) gives the background, development, and results of the EIN project from its inception in July 1968 to December 1971. EIN attempted to promote the sharing of computing resources at colleges, universities, and educational service institutions across the…

Volume two of the two-volume report on the operations of the Educational Information Network (EIN) is made up of a miscellany of the publications of EIN. It includes the draft edition of the Documentation Standards Handbook, various articles, memos, forms, and so forth, presented in strictly chronological order. EIN was designed to coordinate the…

Analysis of interorganizational relationships in a rural county show that the number of volunteers is a particularly useful predictor of interorganizational participation, besides degree of autonomy from parent organization, complexity, size, and auspices. (Author/KR)

Discusses the new technologies that have come about in the Information Age. Stresses the importance of maintaining our technological superiority through continued cooperation among business, education, government, and community agencies. (JOW)