While the argument that community colleges are a class-based tracking system is unwarranted, there is room for improvement of the transfer function. Strategies for improving transfer to four-year colleges include transfer links between institutions in the same community, transfer centers, joint curriculum planning, and favorable state policies.…

A survey of 86 colleges and universities and 60 companies investigated whether industry representatives and academics, both involved and not involved in university-industry relationships, identified three categories of potential conflicts in collaboration (conflicts of interest, commitment, and internal equity). This paper discusses the…

Higher education has related asynchronously to recent cycles in social movements affecting school reform. Current efforts in Oregon illustrate this pattern in public colleges. Although higher education is not likely to overcome its skepticism of reform dynamics, there is both reason and potential for promising alliances with schools. (Author/MSE)