This annual report of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Israeli Council for Higher Education reviews: (1) the status of the Planning and Budgeting Committee, its composition, its work, and its relationship with the Council for Higher Education; (2) Israel's higher education system and a statistical review of developments; (3) planning…

This paper describes an ongoing case study of how a group of teachers are becoming researchers and what this means for their classrooms and the professional development school where they work. A collaborative teacher development program was implemented in Dickinson Elementary School of Albuquerque (New Mexico) which serves a mobile and mixed…

This report presents results and recommendations of the meeting of British Commonwealth experts that explored the dimensions of institutional links in Commonwealth higher education and the potential for developing cooperation in Africa, particularly involving south-south links and networks. The report is composed entirely of a summary of the…

The State Council on Vocational and Technical Education in South Carolina assessed the implementation of coordination and articulation agreements and career guidance in the state between educational institutions. A questionnaire survey was developed and sent to each of the 16 technical colleges, 1 school district, and 1 vocational center in each…

This report examines how Minnesota school districts use regional education organizations and how well the existing system of regional organizations serves school districts. Data were obtained from a survey of all 395 Minnesota school districts, of which 321, or a response rate of 81 percent, responded. The survey focused on issues surrounding…

Some of the essential elements of educational partnerships and what it takes for these associations to succeed are presented. The brief opens by describing the growing trend of companies working in partnership with one another to improve education by sharing expertise, leveraging limited resources, broadening markets, and tackling complex issues.…

This report presents the results of joint initiatives and endeavors by Unesco and the non-governmental organizations involved in the archiving of audiovisual (AV) material. The current situation regarding the education and training of personnel for film, television, and sound archives is examined and the need for the professional education and…

Attempts to establish relationships between the public schools and universities are often beset by difficulties in implementation. These difficulties may occur when interorganizational relationships are burdened by inadequate funding and the lack of formalized structures governing the relationship's operation. Using the Sunbelt State University…

A consortium of South Carolina colleges and universities developed assessment programs which would fully satisfy state and accreditation assessment mandates and increase program quality and institutional effectiveness. A South Carolina Higher Education Assessment Network was established with a Coordinating Center at Winthrop College to provide…

The Alabama Aviation and Technical College, working with representatives of the aviation industry, the military, the Alabama Department of Aeronautics, and the Federal Aviation Administration, developed a training program for aviation maintenance technicians. The program also aimed to emphasize and expand opportunities for minorities, females, and…

A project was conducted to develop activities leading to the coordination of regional vocational-technical education and training programs with data-based labor market needs in East Texas. An existing group, the Technology Partnership Organization, became the work force planning agency for the area. During the project, the following objectives…

A study assessed the role of program coordination in enhancing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program effectiveness and efficiency. Information was collected through a review of more than 100 reports on JTPA coordination, telephone interviews with staff from 60 JTPA coordination projects, and case studies of nine of the coordination projects.…

Changing the school environment to enhance student motivation and achievement is described in this paper, which focuses on broad structural change within the school. Current motivation theory is applied at the school level for lasting school reform. A collaborative project among university researchers, school leaders, and school staff in one…

Intended to contribute to a better understanding of research library development in the United States, this report describes the history of the development of the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1904 to 1918. It is based on records of the relationships between three principals--John R. Commons and Richard T. Ely (members…

The process by which four separate school districts implemented collaborative research to examine and improve their inservice training for teachers of bilingual students is presented. The sites were in a major far west city, a small southwestern town with a Mexican-American majority, a large southeastern school district, and two neighboring…