Asserts that the commercialization of higher education leads to governance; governance leads to the flow of money; and governance plus money lead to quality. Suggests that it is time to rethink the missions of mass media and higher education in contemporary society and to revise the idea that the right to education is of less importance than the…

Survey of 125 educational professionals working with culturally and linguistically diverse and exceptional (CLDE) students in the Washington D.C. area found that most had the training and skills to work with CLDE students. However, respondents did not know the roles, responsibilities, and practices of other professionals working with CLDE students…

Identifies some reasons why public schools will never be for everyone, considering how the tenacity of the public school image makes change difficult for public schools. Examines how the relationship between public school officials and home schoolers might be mediated in a way that benefits both groups of educators. (Author/SM)

Reviews essential components for collaborating with families, the fourth target of the National Agenda for Achieving Better Results for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Describes two programs that have successfully integrated families into all aspects of their work, and provides recommendations are for enhancing collaboration…

Examines the obstacles to productive collaborations between academic and student affairs. Argues that faculty and student affairs professionals should embrace their essential differences, such as opposite personality styles, formal learning, individuality and community, and power and powerlessness. Such differences offer students examples of the…

Introduces a community-based science partnership in which students learn science and mathematics through inquiry-based investigations using technology and the unique history of a local cemetery. (KHR)

This study assessed the progress of students involved in a collaborative early warning intervention conducted by counseling services and a teacher preparation program. Results indicated that counseling services increased both students' academic and social integration and their confidence in their ability to teach and perform the duties of a…

Examines the effects of training preservice teachers in collaborative problem solving, specifically collaboratively developed intervention scripts. Adherence to the scripts, outcomes for target students, and acceptability of the scripts were examined. Results demonstrated relatively high levels of teacher adherence to the collaboratively developed…

Reviews research on effective writing instruction. Recommends ways to integrate that research with findings from research on struggling writers and effective teaching practices. Discusses a model of collaboration between researchers and curriculum developers aimed at helping publishers translate research into instructional practice. Illustrates…

Examines the impact that new information technology has had on the rhetoric, theory, and practice of trans-national educational collaboration within Europe. Highlights include the role of electronic learning in the European Union; models for describing online courses within open and distance learning (ODL); and three examples of ODL projects.…

Community education seeks equal partnership between community and learning. By respecting differences, empowering adult learners, and fostering self-actualization, community education effectively meets the learning needs of culturally diverse populations. (SK)

The Center for Teacher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was designed to reform teacher education programs. The collaborative operation of a beginning course to introduce students to the field of education and to the approach to professional training applied at the center is presented. (SM)

Describes the USIA's Teacher Text Technology Initiative in Tanzania, providing teacher education in science, mathematics, and English, while serving as a vehicle for American educational practices and cultural values. Discusses the adaptation of foreign ideas to an indigenous context as an avenue allowing modernization minus dependency. Contains…

Described are various cooperative ventures between both domestic and foreign academia and industry. The advantages of cooperative ventures are highlighted. Suggestions for practical approaches to get industry involved in these alliances are provided. (CW)

This article examines a collaboration involving the Brigham Young University-Public School Partnership and the Egyptian exhibit, "Ramses II: The Pharoah and His Time." The practices of this partnership are compared to prevailing theories regarding successful university-school collaboration. Characteristics and conditions considered…