To establish a productive program of collaboration, a continuing education agency must (1) identify resources it desires from the environment, (2) identify compatible partners that can supply these resources and that need what the continuing education program can offer, and (3) consummate the relationship. (SK)

Presents an exchange of correspondence discussing the development, nature, problems, and usefulness of the CHILDATA information sharing system worked out among agencies in Chicago. (DP)

Since training programs are costly and may be prohibitive for a small company, a consortium arrangement is suggested here to imitate the supervisory development training programs that have been effective in the large firms. (DM)

Meaningful program evaluation is essential to interagency collaboration for handicapped persons. A team approach to developing an evaluation strategy must take into account factors within four stages of the evaluation process: 1) focusing, 2) planning, 3) implementing the evaluation, and 4) disseminating results and assessing the evaluation…

An interorganizational network consisting of one United Way organization and 46 of its member agencies was studied to determine whether power relations within the network were modified by various linkages between the agencies and other elements in the community upon which the United Way organization depends for its survival. (Author)

Discusses the responsibility of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee to provide information about careers through the development of an Occupational Information System and creation of a Career Information Delivery System. Includes a list of the State Occupational Coordinating Committee directors. (JOW)

Describes potential collaborations between child care and child support enforcement agencies (CSEA). Child care resource and referral agencies can distribute information about child support enforcement and paternity establishment. CSEAs can provide training to child care providers. Child care subsidies may be linked to cooperation with the CSEA.…

Shows that the organizations responsible for regulating safety at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) failed to identify flaws in management procedures and technical design that, if corrected, might have prevented the "Challenger" tragedy. Regulatory effectiveness was inhibited by the autonomy and interdependence of…

The construction industry will be short of labor by the mid-1990s. A master plan must be devised by management, labor, educators, and government to train and recruit qualified workers. (JOW)

Four types of linkages for extension education are outlined: (1) communication (information and resource exchange); (2) cooperative participation in a project; (3) coalition (more formal organization around a set of issues); and (4) collaboration (finalized long-term commitment to resource sharing and program development). (SK)

Care and learning networks should be at the heart of community educational services, but sectoral barriers must be overcome. Adult educators as entrepreneurs could link therapists and other service providers to ensure the most appropriate care/learning in the most appropriate environment. (SK)

Case studies of partnering involving British companies and their contractors and suppliers identified factors influencing transfer of knowledge between organizations, different levels at which learning takes place (individual, team, organization), and the extent of double-loop learning. (SK)

Earth is a repository of data on climatic changes from its deep-time history. Article discusses the collection and study of these data to predict future climatic changes, the need to create national study centers for the purpose, and the necessary cooperation between different branches of science in climatic research.

In order to be competitive in today's world, it is necessary for North Carolina to have a well-educated workforce. Quality schools, including effective leadership, excellent teachers, and improved academic standards and rigor, are a significant factor in these endeavors. However, good schooling starts well before a student ever steps foot into a…