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Direct linkAnderson, Wayne – New Directions for Higher Education, 1999
A number of college and university consortia have embarked on international educational cooperation ventures, providing valuable experiences and benefits for faculty, students, alumni, and the community. For these programs to be effective, they must have high-level institutional support, equal opportunities to participate, effective marketing and…
Descriptors: Consortia, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Wylie, Neil R.; Yeager, Tamara L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1999
College and university libraries can work together to enhance library access and share resources, but there are problems inherent in such alliances. Existing library consortia illustrate some important considerations in forging a new library consortium, including complexity of organizational processes, funding issues, technology for sharing both…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Libraries, Consortia, Financial Support
Download full textCommission on Preservation and Access Newsletter, 1991
This document is a compilation of 40 newsletter issues published by the Commission on Preservation and Access from 1988 through 1991. The Commission was established in 1986 to foster and support collaboration among libraries and allied organizations in order to ensure the preservation of the published record in all formats and to provide enhanced…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Administrators, Archives
Baus, Frederick; Ramsbottom, Claire A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1999
The experience of college consortia suggests that success and sustainability depend on high-level leadership and commitment; clear mission and goals; balance mechanisms for assuring parity of participants; decision-making ability; a third-party, neutral function; adequate funding; clear cost-sharing arrangements; mechanisms for measuring success;…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Role, Consortia, Financial Support
Christensen, Robert L.; Wylie, Neil – 1991
This literature review focuses on the potential for creating a formal multi-state cooperative extension among New England land-grant universities and makes recommendations concerning the structure and operational characteristics of such a consortium. The review examines the following areas: interorganizational cooperation/collaboration;…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation, Extension Education
Phillips, Richard; And Others – 1986
Directed primarily toward small school administrators and school boards, this publication describes a consortium of five rural school districts in central Missouri and how they used a traveling teacher to facilitate incorporation of microcomputer capabilities into the school systems' operation and curriculum. The paper describes the use of the…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Computer Literacy, Consortia, Educational Technology
