Throughout Europe, prison and correctional educators are attempting to address issues of common concern by engaging in cooperative projects designed to further the development of their pedagogical programs. The use of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), especially access to the internet for prison educators and prisoner-students, is…

This article explores the decision making in developing and starting a partnership between three universities using the decision-making models developed by Graham Allison in 1971 and updated in 1999. University partnerships are complicated and require more than one decision-making model to explain all the significant decisions that are make in…

This Congressional Hearing focuses on protecting children from exploitation on the Internet. Opening remarks of Senator Gregg, statements of Senator Hollings, and Senator Mikulski, and statement and summary statement of Hon. Louis J. Freeh, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, are provided at the beginning of the…

The relationship between research on information technologies and efforts to meet societal needs is the underlying theme of this summary document, which synthesizes the proceedings of the Leadership Colloquium on Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence (KDI). The Colloquium (which comprised one meeting in September and one meeting in December 1997)…

This document is intended to foster cross-border collaboration in higher education and includes three papers examining issues and concerns characteristic of the border states of the United States and Mexico. It also reports findings of a survey of institutional leaders at 38 postsecondary institutions in the U.S.-Mexico border states. The first…

The electric utility industry is the last bastion of regulated monopolies in the United States. An overview of recent competition in the electric-power industry at both the federal and state levels and how this may affect school districts is offered in this article. The text identifies and evaluates how school districts can obtain cheaper power…

Applicable to any school district or school interested in starting a family resource and support program, this guide provides help for both planning and implementation of family resource and youth services centers. It outlines the philosophy behind family resource and youth services centers and how that philosophy is to be reflected in all aspects…

A study examined parent and family centers in schools. A survey was sent to 31 schools in the League of Schools Reaching Out that indicated the presence of a parent and family center. Data from the 28 schools responding to the survey yielded 8 dimensions on the functions of the centers: (1) definitions; (2) initiation; (3) names; (4) physical…

The most serious problem with the current work force preparation system is that many employment and training programs operate today to serve roughly the same people. Instead, these programs should be coordinated better to lower costs in the face of lowered funding. The General Accounting Office reports that about 125 federal programs do…

Intergenerational programs designed to increase cooperation, interaction, and exchange of ideas between Owen-Withee Elementary School students and older residents of the Clark County Health Care Center (Wisconsin) are described in this collection of information and activity sheets. Activities such as a grandparents' day and a pen pal program are…

Brief descriptions of individual models of business/education cooperation in ten U.S. cities are presented in this report. The models were either developed under the aegis of local Chambers of Commerce or depict major urban partnerships of which the Chambers are a part. Cities with such programs include Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Hartford,…

The school library provides a breadth of educational opportunities, not limited by the curriculum of a single program, that will enable students to draw from all relevant disciplines. (Author/MLF)

The benefits and drawbacks of cooperative programs among Catholic high schools are described. For journal availability see SO 504 329. (DE)

An experiment in educating severely and mildly handicapped children together was initiated at two British special schools. (LH)

The Federal Government could upgrade proprietary school accreditation by improving its internal systems, coordinating federal programs, establishing an information clearinghouse and technical assistance institute, and supporting a change to a time-limited licensing system. (Author/DW)