To ensure that students receive the best possible vocational program, vocational educators must strive to do more than just give lip service to the concept of articulation. They must implement the activities which will provide the proper ingredients and mix to create successful institutional coordination. (Author/JOW)

Describes characteristics of continuing education agencies (resource and organizational insecurity, need for flexibility, autonomy), type of cooperation (cosponsorship, referral, donation, coordination), essential resources (money, learners, staff, information, domain, power), hidden costs (time, dislocation, goal dislocation, goal displacement,…

The implications of social change for the role and problems of educational coordinating bodies in Australian postsecondary education are explored, drawing on the experience of the Queensland Board of Advanced Education. (MSE)

Pertinent questions are asked on the subject of college and school cooperation in the training of teachers. (JD)

Issues, such as admissions and tuition, that once were institutional prerogatives are seen now as having to be addressed more collectively. The need for states to have independent boards and staffs sensitive to educational values, but with the public-interested-oriented perspective is argued. (MLW)

The literature on interorganizational relations is reviewed. Four distinct research traditions are examined, and the prescriptive literature on coordination is reviewed. A comparison of models of coordination, five preconditions for successful coordination, and an action model for increasing coordination are reviewed. (Author/MLW)

A Task Force on Research, an initial committee created by the Council for Interinstitutional Leadership, was established for several purposes: to monitor research activities dealing with consortia by soliciting information on projects underway, by offering advice to researchers, by developing up-to-date bibliographies, and by assembling reference…

The Arabization of sciences, and especially of the language of the sciences, poses problems because of poor coordination among institutions and countries and because of the Arabic language itself. Instruction in French is still the best solution while Arabization becomes established. (MSE)

This case study of the continuing education unit of the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle illustrates collaboration with the university's six health-related professional schools. Tangible and intangible resources, types of linkages, and cost benefits of interagency collaboration are discussed. (SK)

Assesses the role of community colleges in enhancing international communication and understanding through educational cooperation. Urges the involvement of all American postsecondary institutions, and encourages the construction of linkages between American institutions and foreign universities and colleges. Underscores the need for appropriate…

Central to the improvement of education is the principle that all educational entities are interrelated parts of a single educational system. Case studies document four collaborative efforts involving a university, a community college, and a number of school districts in addressing the issue of quality in education. (MLF)

If our private enterprise system is to continue and flourish, the resources of business must be used in partnership with education to improve the quality of life for the system's future consumers, managers, and all of the citizens who comprise our society. (Author)

Described is a program designed by the Arts Education Collaborative (AEC) in Tucson, Arizona. It combines the best of art programs by art educators, artists-in-schools programs, and resources from the arts community, culminating in a comprehensive school arts program, including art, theater, opera, dance, and museums. (KC)

The concept of collective autonomy is discussed as it refers to cooperation between universities. The need for a collective autonomy of universities, the aims and limits of such a concept, and means and opportunities for creating and fostering it are examined. (Author/SF)

Representatives from 12 state universities have formed the Alliance for Undergraduate Education to prove that attention is being paid to undergraduates on their campuses. Participants expect to discuss how to avoid the depersonalization of large campuses and packed undergraduate classrooms. (MLW)