Argues for cooperation between the schools and Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) so that students will have the benefit of education and of training. (IRT)

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

By working with labor unions, health educators have the opportunity to reach worker groups that have been ignored by many worksite health promotion programs. A union-based smoking cessation program is described, and general guidelines for worksite health promotion are given. (IAH)

Researchers and service providers working in the field of the mental health aspects of mental retardation need to integrate their efforts, but barriers exist, including differences in culture, negative history, and competition for limited resources. Joint conferences and publications are recommended as well as graduate training programs and…

The emerging national information infrastructure is viewed as a solution to problems facing higher education, rather than as another drain on resources. Creative planning, reassessment of traditional models of campus organization, teaching, and learning, and creation of broad-based partnerships in public and private sectors will be required.…

Discusses the relationship between the library and publishing communities and issues that impact the relationship. Topics covered include an overview of cooperative efforts and tensions created by issues such as photocopying and copyright, repackaging of government information by commercial publishers, the power of publishing conglomerates, and…

Argues that, when technical publications and technical training departments work together, writers learn from trainers about the users, trainers get help in producing training materials, users get integrated training and technical manuals, and the company displays a unified approach. (SR)

Examines the gradually evolving relation of the Philosophy of Education Society (PES), and philosophy of education in general, to the academic field of philosophy and to other organizations and fields. The article notes a broad range of opportunities for cross-fertilization between philosophy of education and philosophy, to mutual benefit. (SM)

Argues that the international definition of a university allows for significant diversity in educational delivery and offers a New Zealand example in the transition of the Auckland Institute of Technology into the Auckland University of Technology. The university has formed an alliance with the University of Auckland to work toward some common…

The need for the State of Illinois to create and implement a comprehensive plan for economic development has never been greater. The revitalization of the economy of the state can only be achieved through the implementation of a series of strategies designed to facilitate the restructuring of the economy to accommodate a 50 percent change of the…

Because of the significant numbers of high school graduates who require remediation upon entering colleges, it is recommended that colleges report to high schools on how well their graduates are prepared to handle college-level work and how these students performed during their first year of college. The college-readiness programs in eight states…

As educational enrollments, resources, and confidence decline, complexity, ambiguity, and dissatisfaction increase. This mixture of growth and decline creates an adverse environment for educational leaders. History shows, however, that adversity can have important uses and profound advantages. Leaders can use adversity to help define new and more…

The purposes of this paper are to assist those currently considering the establishment of regional educational laboratories to better understand the complex organizational and interorganizational environment in which such laboratories would exist and to help officials make rational decisions regarding how best to facilitate educational service…

Presents an example of a pricing policy for any interlibrary courier service which (1) calculates fixed, travelling, and stopping costs; (2) charges by how often the courier stops at each participating library; and (3) uses any subsidies for costs libraries cannot control. (CDD)

Suggests steps to be taken regarding six issues affecting the future of information with particular focus on research libraries: end campus compartmentalization (integration of research libraries and computing centers), overcome research library division, accept institutional interdependence, sort out public/private sector roles, build networks of…