Article describes one approach to planning based on management by objectives. The program used for illustration is Project RITE (Reach, Involve, Teach, Evaluate), a rural Michigan community college consortium involving Michigan State Universtiy and five rural Michigan community colleges. (Authors/CB)

The American Association of Community and Junior Colleges' Board has responded to the needs of junior colleges by encouraging federal and private support, enhancing the relationship between public and private institutions, and stimulating methods for better planning. (RN)

The problem in continuing education is that, when all is said and done, too often more is said than done. (Author)

Failures in the university-public school partnership to raise student academic achievement in disadvantaged areas is attributed to faculties that hold diametrically opposed views regarding both the dimensions of the problem and the basic aims and objectives of education. (MF)

Discusses the phenomenon of interstate cooperation programs among institutions. These voluntary activities in public services and education work with Washington, yet preserve their identities as state programs. (MK)

The author presents an overview of the results of a nationwide series of workshops that addressed Comprehensive Employment and Training Act/career education collaboration. Topics included local education agencies/prime sponsor agreements, Youth Employment and Training Program implementation efforts and problems, and future concerns. (CT)

A program is described in which home economics teacher educators at Texas Tech University developed a training program for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) clients which utilized the resources of both vocational educators and CETA personnel. Discusses organization of personnel, program implementation, results, and implications. (CT)

The literature on interorganizational relations is reviewed. Four distinct research traditions are examined, and the prescriptive literature on coordination is reviewed. A comparison of models of coordination, five preconditions for successful coordination, and an action model for increasing coordination are reviewed. (Author/MLW)

(NOTE: See HE 512 216 for journal name change information.) The voluntary, multipurpose consortium, a growing format and vehicle for formal cooperative arrangements among colleges and universities, is discussed. The extent to which faculty are involved in consortium activities, and incentives and rewards offered to induce faculty participation are…

Creative responses of the poorer higher education institutions to the demands of production under restraints of minimal resource allocation are described. It is suggested that similar cooperative arrangements and group efforts could help other institutions facing financial restraints. Sources for additional information are cited. (Author/SF)

The formal retraining of experienced teachers from one field or level of specialization to another is one response to problems created by changing job markets within the teaching profession. (JD)

A university and an urban community college system have combined their facilities to produce a vocational teacher training program. The approach also has helped in the development of a program of college level instruction for military personnel. (Author/JH)

Discusses the relationship between innovative public library services and library administration's need to seek cooperative relationships with outside organizations to implement such services. The formation of the Consortium for Public Library Innovation (1976) is described, and a list of references is provided. (FM)

Many colleges cannot provide sabbatical leave for teachers. With the "mini", short-term leave can produce long-term benefits. (Editor)