Examines the external change forces in the environment and their resultant impact on the internal structure and activities of an organization designed to jointly develop uses of computers and data processing techniques to facilitate the administrative, instruction, and research activities of member school districts. (Author/IRT)

Seven academic libraries have developed a collection-sharing program. Internal activities, the exchange of information, and group decision-making techniques are detailed and evaluated. Some by-products are described, and a general statement of system value is made. (Author/JAB)

The authors offer an operational definition of institutional integration and synergism, with reference to the Health and Education Council (a consortium of Essex Community College, Baltimore County Health Department, and Franklin Square Hospital). Key elements that appear to be essential to successful cooperative efforts are noted and described.…

A consortium of universities has charged that research money has been concentrated in a small number of states that have already established close ties between higher education and small businesses. Some small-business advocates believe the consortium is trying to win money that has been earmarked for small businesses. (MLW)

Describes the Southern Regional Education Board-State Vocational Education consortium, which envisions a major change in the way vocational education is delivered. Students must be educated for jobs, not trained for them. (JOW)

Traces improvements in broadcast technology and the increased use of satellites in providing education for previously unserved populations. Describes the concept of a Telecourse Channel that would provide college-level courses via satellite to any educational institution willing to pay the requisite fees. Urges educators to support the telecourse…

The Nebraska Instrument Sharing Consortium (NISC) is a group of small colleges that have banded together to provide modern instrumentation to their students at an affordable price. Consortium activities are described, including how the instruments are moved between campuses. (JN)

Presents guide intended to aid librarians who are responsible for planning coordinated and cooperative collection development arrangements between libraries and suggests possible contexts, goals, methods, organization, effects, and processes to be investigated while establishing such programs. Benefits, problems, models, preconditions, and…

Describes genesis of New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (METRO) and the interlibrary services it offers. Laws and grants, cooperative acquisitions, continuing education for library staff, and suggestions for planning cooperatives (include all types of libraries, develop effective patterns of communication, develop shared…

The open learning concept has proved sensationally successful, but it still is not getting the attention and support it deserves. A leading authority gives a short course in what it's about and tells why states should lend support. (Editor/LBH)

APPEAL (Asia Pacific Programme of Education for All) Resource and Training Consortium (ARTC) was initiated in May 1997 at the Technical Working Group Meeting organized by APPEAL in cooperation with the Indian Institute of Education (IIE) to provide technical support and assistance to the work of APPEAL among the Member States. This booklet is a…

The focus of this study is the ongoing need for empirical examination of current strategies for encouraging faculty participation in distance education. The study examined the growth in faculty participation in Internet-based distance teaching at 31 state-supported colleges and universities, members of the State University of New York Learning…

A discussion of the role of the university as the cultivator of a generation of addicted learners,'' and of the role of Extension in the lifelong learning process. (Author/SP)

Examines the intricacies of consortia, how they work, and how they can work. (HS)