The director of a college consortium must be a strong leader, whose primary duties range from providing leadership to securing resources and to clearly communicating the consortium's mission. The director must keep in mind that the consortium's work is valuable only to the degree that it eases the load on the individual member institutions and…

The past decade has provided a unique opportunity for the New Hampshire College & University Council (a multipurpose statewide consortium) and Campus Compact for New Hampshire (a state affiliate of a national consortium) to leverage the role of consortia toward building campus cultures of service-learning and civic engagement among member…

Discusses how higher education institutions are an essential part of workforce development and are increasingly designing programs to meet the demands of constantly changing economic conditions. Explores such higher education initiatives in New Hampshire and how consortia can play an important role as facilitators and conveners. (EV)