This report describes a collaborative project of Ohio State University and the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Over the course of 12 months, students and faculty from the two universities offered a merged graduate course on telecommunications policy in the European Community and the United States. They reciprocated three week visits and…

This study was commissioned in order to understand better how partnerships between the community and the schools work. Over 250 partnerships in arts education were convened in six city-wide institutes and three, multi-state, regional institutes to examine what contributes to and what blocks successful community and school partnerships on behalf of…

In 1988 West Virginia University established a task force to evaluate possible strategies for a statewide dropout prevention program. An emerging focus of the task force is the creation of similar task forces at the local level that would make dropout prevention a community responsibility and build community partnerships to provide a comprehensive…

Designed as a resource for local school administrators, the report describes the experiences of 15 local special education agencies in providing related services at reasonable cost through interagency cooperation. An introductory chapter discusses the role of interagency committees (both policy and direct service types), and provides information…

Area Vocational Technical Schools (AVTS) in Pennsylvania were surveyed to determine the extent of cooperation between AVTS adult vocational education programs as well as business and industry. Findings indicated that most students were referred by business and industry to AVTS adult programs for vocational/technical training. The average number of…

Argues from the perspective of people who provide and use day care services that the primary focus in building better day care services should be the interests of the child and family. It is suggested that these interests may not be met by incorporating day care into the public school system. (ED)

Article discussed an exchange of schools and students that involved the Thacher School, in Ojai, California and the Emma Willard School, in Troy, New York. (RK)

The results of an effort by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities' Task Force on School/College Collaboration to gather information about existing programs to share with colleagues as models of school/college collaboration are presented. Concrete examples of how a model for Catholic colleges and universities (designed for use in…

The multiplicity of groups concerned with education for peace and international solidarity makes it difficult to reconstruct the processes and activities aimed at international solidarity. The motives for this type of education rise from a growing sensibility shown by the Italian public toward international understanding and world-wide problems…

A seminar held in Italy was in line with the Council of Europe's project activities for dealing with educational problems caused by the rapid transformation in social groupings, in the wake of increasing labor-market mobility and migratory phenomena. Four themes were discussed: (1) official strategies set up in certain European countries with…

Building organizational linkages between schools and other organizations requires many levels of support, trust, volunteered efforts, and complex understandings of social realities. Drawing on documented accounts and the authors' experiences, this volume presents definitions of interactive partnerships, barriers to school improvement and the…

This document offers two lists of universities within the United States that are participating, with the South African Information Exchange (SAIE) program. The SAIE was created to facilitate the sharing of experiences and expertise both among academic institutions in the United States in South Africa, and in other countries and among assistance…

A model is provided for local schools to follow in developing a cooperative and active agreement with the local vocational rehabilitation agency. Information is provided from a joint memorandum from the Commissioners of Education and Rehabilitation Services at the federal level to assist local educational agencies in developing their own policies…

This monograph describes inter-institutional network structures in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Japan, and the Philippines which were implemented to improve educational delivery systems at the primary level. Chapter 1, an overview, discusses the similarities and differences in three examples of networks in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. In the…