When asked to mentor or to participate in field-based, collaborative administrator preparation programs, principals should realize that these energy-intensive approaches involve willingness to enter into a long-term relationship with a learner, tolerance for lengthy meetings, desire to share the lessons of experience, and a predilection for…

Describes three music education programs in which collaboration among independent agencies is significant. Includes suggestions for replicating these activities. (CFR)

West Georgia College's Department of Educational Leadership and the Cobb County (Georgia) School District collaborated to provide an administrative training institute with both a theoretical knowledge base and practical experience. This program offers a model for school districts and colleges desiring to initiate similar collaborations. Leadership…

A discussion of the increasing collaboration between higher education and industry argues for the need to acknowledge their often different values. Capitalist values, prevailing in industry, and traditional academic values are viewed as characterized by profound differences that are manifested in collaborative educational programs and sponsored…

Principals should delegate the responsibility for research-based curriculum and instructional improvement to career (effective) teachers. Guidelines for planning cooperative in-service education workshops are provided, along with advice concerning goals, target audience, agenda, incentives, estimated budget, and program evaluation approaches. (MLH)

The Twice-Exceptional Child Project is a collaborative project of the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public School System and the University of New Mexico to serve students who are gifted and have a mild-to-moderate handicapping condition. This article describes the project's training components, screening and identification procedures, curriculum, and…

Argues that although home visiting programs themselves have mixed results in addressing family health and welfare needs, such programs, as part of a comprehensive, family-focused health and social services system, can have an important impact on the health and welfare of children. (MDM)

Explores neighborhood-based, interagency collaboration, using qualitative research methodology. Interagency participants believed that neighborhood-based collaboration provided treatment at the core of student struggles, shared responsibility among service providers for student problems, increased accessibility of services, and personalized…

The executive director of the Council for Exceptional Children discusses the importance of collaborative action to achieve common goals, applies these principles to special education, and describes a collaborative effort with nine other national associations to identify and promote good practice principles for the planning and operation of…

Fairview YMCA Camps (New Jersey) simultaneously hosts three different camp programs. Sense of community is created by shared staff training, shared staff facilities, common areas, and social and project intermingling. Campers also make cross-program connections, influenced by staff behavior and shared facilities and activities. Shared marketing…

Reports on a 2-day meeting of over 125 college presidents, administrators, and professors at liberal arts colleges who examined ways to collaborate in providing courses via the Internet. Emphasis is on a 13-college collaboration in the classics and Project 2001, a collaboration of 762 liberal-arts colleges working to use technology to improve…

Describes the Northwest Writing Network, a collaborative model that brings together parents, administrators, and public school teachers (preschool through secondary) with Northwest Missouri State University staff and national consultants to share information, disseminate ideas, and investigate new approaches to the teaching of writing. (RS)

"Confronting Hypertext" is a collaborative project designed to investigate learning outcomes using hypertext-based instruction delivered via the Internet. This article describes the project and suggests ways to map student reactions (commitment to books, distrust of online information, confusion) in different professional programs,…

Discusses statewide initiatives in information services and resource sharing in Kentucky. Describes developments of the Kentucky Library Network; the EMPOWER Kentucky initiative; the Strategic Information Technology Plan; Online Computer Library Center's (OCLC) FirstSearch for resource sharing; and future perspectives. (AEF)

MIT research associate and Merrill Lynch Fellow Michael Schrage believes collaboration provides opportunities for research and understanding which could never be realized by individuals working alone. This article presents highlights of his discussion of collaboration at the 1998 Mid-Year Meeting of the American Society for Information Science in…