Proposes a vision of future education influenced by the uniqueness of Asian culture, the building of an Asia-Pacific network of teachers, and ways to effectively utilize the potential of digital society, all from the basis of Asian culture and tradition. (Contains five references.) (AUTHOR)

Describes a successful project in Philadelphia that paired students from Germantown Friends School with children at the Home of the Merciful Savior School for Children with Cerebral Palsy. States that the arts staff at both schools composed a musical which the two schools performed together. Concludes that performing the musical taught acceptance…

Implementation of Britain's Further and Higher Education Act of 1992 raises some concerns about provision for adults with learning disabilities, such as loss of key coordinating positions and disappearance of marginalized programs. Closer links between colleges and adult education services are being developed to plan coherent programs. (SK)

Explores the concept and goals of a "full-service" college foreign language department, which would offer a wide variety of courses and programs, reach out to a broad segment of the academic community, and attempt to develop collaborative, mutually beneficial programs with other departments. (CB)

Higher education can use resources more effectively by (1) developing collaborative relationships; (2) offering contract programs; (3) eliminating waste; (4) soliciting donations; (5) finding new roles for personnel; (6) using technology; and (7) not trying to be all things to all people. (SK)

A study that sought to understand the partnership process from the perspectives of persons involved in the Cooperative Alliance for Gifted Education found that the collaborative process inherent in partnerships has the potential to foster a genuine sense of responsibility for education and education reform. (JOW)

Joint venture among educational and practice institutions is well on its way toward becoming the norm in nursing education and practice. Kaiser Permanente and the University of San Francisco School of Nursing offer a venture that allows registered nurses to pursue a bachelor of science in nursing degree. (JOW)

International educational linkages can help institutions stretch limited resources and enrich the curriculum. Establishing an international linkage involves identifying basic considerations (benefits and obligations), examining arrangement options, selecting a partner, making a formal agreement, and nurturing and maintaining the partnership. (SK)

Claims that curriculum planning and effective advising will help students develop intellectual connections across their individual courses and thus enhance their college experience. Explains how nine colleges now use interdisciplinary teaching to improve their engineering programs by making connections across department boundaries, college…

Describes a program undertaken by the New Jersey Education Association in partnership with the National Education Association to make three urban schools safer, the "Schools as Fear-Free Education Zones" (S.A.F.E.). Data are not yet available about program success, but early collaboration appears promising. (SLD)

The diverse practitioners in adventure therapy need to be mindful of the assumptions they bring to the genre from their own fields, the interface between the different therapeutic schools and outdoor adventure, the extent to which "deep" psychotherapy will be practiced, how outdoor adventure changes the client-therapist relationship, and…

As universities make cross-sectoral alliances, various models for integrating postsecondary education into universities arise: contract, brokerage, collaborative, validation, joint program, dual-sector institution, tertiary university, metaphoric, and federal. The integrated, comprehensive university is the learning university of the 21st century.…

Barriers facing university/industry cooperation in Eastern and Central Europe include decline in research and development resources, rigid separation of system components, influence of traditional lobby groups, and lack of awareness of intellectual property issues. (SK)

Addresses implications of lifelong learning and performance for academic and business institutions. Contends that the pressures of change have elicited similar responses from them, blurring the distinctions between business and academia. Suggests the need for a more realistic framework to meet the needs of lifelong learning and performance in the…

Examination of several hundred contracts for university-industry research collaboration in five British universities reveals several types of clauses that could cause problems in legal interpretation. Problem areas include ownership of intellectual property, reward allocation, and monitoring of results. (SK)