Education for nursing practice must shift to a collaborative education/service model in which the value of practical education and experience is better understood and integrated with academic knowledge. This model provides better resources and availability of mentors/preceptors, resulting in better prepared nurses. (Contains 32 references.) (SK)

Discusses the importance of involving students in the design and enforcement of campuswide academic integrity policies, and in the education of other students about the importance of academic integrity. Argues that any approach to student discipline must involve a collaboration among faculty, administrative staff, and students. (GCP)

This article highlights transition issues in terms of sending teachers' or receiving teachers' actions in preparing for transition movements, linking the preparatory and receiving environments, and facilitating students' participation in the receiving environment. For each issue, the steps used by sending teachers and receiving teachers to address…

In Australia, Cooperative Research Centres strengthen linkages between universities as producers and industry as users of research. Shifting perspectives on the functions of universities, industry, and government are driven by the need for wealth creation, global competitiveness, and optimum linkages between research and commercialization. (SK)

Case profiles of a public and a private high school revealed that special educators embraced the philosophy of inclusion; formal commitment and involvement of parents formalizes intraschool and interagency collaboration; and peer tutoring improves feedback and follow-up and offsets a lack of teacher time. (Contains 42 references.) (SK)

Current rhetoric about the educational "impact" of new information and communication technologies (ICT) often masks the complex reality in which it is educators' decisions and practices with ICT that result in change and constitute the impact. In communities of interpretation, teachers and researchers can collaborate to construct knowledge of…

A course conducted between classes in Sweden and Ohio used online debate via synchronous and asynchronous computer-mediated conferencing (CMC) to augment intercultural understanding. Assumptions about CMC discourse were challenged by the international context. The process was restructured to allow asynchronous conferencing for predebate…

Proposes Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) as an effective basis for bridging educational gaps and promoting cross-cultural co-existence and integration. A series of controlled studies in South Africa developed and tested programs based on MLE. Studies suggest the potential value of MLE-based intervention programs in helping transform the South…

Collaboration between student affairs professional and Asian American studies faculty may be mutually beneficial by contributing to holistic student development and creating supportive environments for Asian American students. (Contains 29 references.) (Author)

Focuses on partnerships between institutions of higher education and private providers of services, particularly as they relate to traditional student affairs functions. Presents examples of successful outsourcing partnerships to illustrate the potential of this type of service provision. (Contains 11 references.) (GCP)

Describes the four priorities of Ernest Boyer's "Basic School": the school as community; climate for learning; a curriculum with coherence; and a commitment to character. Suggests that the Basic School framework and the principles of "Information Power" are mutually supportive in developing a learning community characterized by…

In Norway, 32 secondary and postsecondary institutions serve as regional centers for continuing education and inservice training for business/industry. Information/communications technology solutions are focused on the needs of participants, not simply on transferring old methods to Internet delivery mechanisms. (SK)

Addresses the question of whether membership in a Greek organization contributes to the drinking behaviors of college students. Research findings are divided into these major categories: drinking frequency; motivation; predicting Greek membership; culture of Greek life; perception bias; and consequences of drinking. Conclusions suggest that…

Discusses four ways that art teachers can enhance the therapeutic aspects of their lessons: (1) recognize the similarities between the therapeutic and creative processes: (2) empathetically talk with students about their artwork; (3) understand Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC); and (4) work in collaboration with faculty and staff members. (CMK)

Describes a yearlong project to develop and implement new approaches to instruction in the study of biology. An engaged learning methodology was employed to collaboratively integrate technology into classrooms across educational institutions, second grade through higher education. Presents qualitative and quantitative research findings. (LRW)