A needs assessment developed by the Faculty Development Group of the Central Florida Consortium of Higher Education determined faculty perceptions about promoting and inhibiting learning of new educational technologies; experience with distance education and delivery systems; and skills in instructional design for initiating distance education…

Information is presented about a workshop on immigration documents, rules, regulations, and requirements associated with international students and nonimmigrant alien students. Twenty-six members of the Southeast Florida Educational Consortium participated, representing campus admissions and registrars offices, international student programs, and…

This report presents the evaluation results gathered from a 2-year study of a drug prevention program involving a consortia of nine colleges and universities located in Alabama and Florida. The consortia effort was intended to: (1) strengthen their respective drug prevention activities; (2) develop policies governing alcohol and drugs; (3)…

Evidence supporting the need for special training for educational interpreters who provide services to deaf and hard-of-hearing students in instructional settings is reviewed. A baccalaureate-level degree program for educational interpreters to be offered by a consortium of four universities in Alabama and Florida is described. (Author/DB)

The Academic Common Market is an interstate agreement among southern states for sharing common programs at both the bachelor's and graduate levels. Participating states are able to make arrangements for their residents who qualify for admission to enroll in specific programs in other states for in-state tuition. A list of coordinators and their…

This volume presents findings and recommendations for increasing minority teacher recruitment and retention through policy change at seven colleges of teacher education in Florida. The seven institutions of higher education have formed a consortium known as the Florida TEAM (Teacher Education for America's Minorities) project. Its goal is to work…

A consortium effort in Florida was evaluated for the period July 1, 1974 through June 30, 1977. Implemented in Florida's Sarasota County and Manatee County school districts, Manatee Junior College, and the University of South Florida, the project included three components (guidance, curriculum, and placement/follow-up), each functioning at four…