Views on the partnership of government and higher education and experiences with the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) are presented by the former governor of Florida and former chairman of SREB. SREB has encouraged long-range statewide planning and has brought together legislators, governors, educators, and other public leaders seeking and…

A study was conducted reviewing the current status of cooperation between area schools and secondary schools in providing vocational-technical education and developing proposals which may generate additional cooperation in vocational-technical education. Four sources provided basic information for this study: (1) data from the Iowa Department of…

The recent growth and current status of the State of Washington's system of higher education are discussed. After a description of the institution's delivery of higher education services, Washington's social, cultural, and economic background are briefly considered. The prevailing governance structure is discussed in the context of a recent…

The problems and objectives of contemporary consortial endeavors are the subject of this report. After introducing material outlining the 1980-1985 goals for consortial development established by the National Training System (NTS), the report provides examples of consortial activities among institutions of higher education and illustrates ventures…

The first of two papers presented in this publication examines the problems of establishing and maintaining a rapport between colleges of education and local schools for their mutual benefit. In an ideal setting and relationship, colleges would conduct research and controlled demonstrations, with the results of the research being implemented by…

Locating and describing successful articulation efforts among postsecondary institutions in local communities was the goal of a joint study by the American Vocational Association and the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges. Nominations of community-based programs were solicited from state directors of vocational education and…

A study analyzed the nature of the delivery system for adult occupational education provided by the public sector in four New Jersey counties and then across the country. Objectives were to describe, identify, and analyze existing linkage networks; factors affecting articulation; factors facilitating or impeding collaborative linkages between…

This feasibility study sought (a) to determine how the University of Chicago, The Woodlawn Organization, and the Chicago Public Schools could collaborate to improve inner-city public education, and (b) to develop an operational plan for such collaboration. Necessary collaborative dialogue was developed and maintained through the creation and…

Committees were used to test the hypothesis that interinstitutional co-operation can facilitate more effective use of instructional media in higher education in the South. The principal areas of concern were (l) administrative arrangements for a regional cooperative program, (2) special problems of curriculum inherent in an interinstitutional…

The State of Minnesota is contemplating the establishment of a microwave system to transmit television signals between its institutions of higher learning. Factors to be considered in planning this educational interconnection system relate to the planning of similar systems and networks of systems by other aggregations of states, universities, and…

The assessment of strategies for the recruitment of first-time, full-time graduate and first-professional students was undertaken to determine ways and means of attracting full-time black graduate students as part of the state effort to desegregate its higher education system. This report has three parts: a summary of the recruitment strategies,…

The report describes the development of a model training program, Training and Technology, and subsequent efforts to diffuse the innovation. Before the inception of TAT, a survey study, Resources for Southern Manpower Development, had indicated that the South had considerable manpower development potential and need. TAT was organized by Oak Ridge…

This report for fiscal year 1974-75 covers the second year activities of three demonstrations in Georgia, Ohio, and Tennessee, of the interrelating of public library and basic education services for disadvantaged adults. It also covers the dissemination of these demonstrations through the training-institutes series in those three states and in…

A feeling of responsibility for developing an education policy at the level of the European Community prompted this report, which is the first formulation of principles of that policy. Authorities of specific international or European problems of education and of other fields were consulted to discuss policy-related matters. The major data on the…

A theoretical overview was developed as background for the Appalachian Adult Education Center (AAEC) research into cooperative service to disadvantaged adults by the public library and the public schools. Enormous needs to expand educational services to adults in the United States were identified. An historical review of educational and library…