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Direct linkBeaudoin, Michael F. – Open Learning, 2009
Consortia are increasingly popular mechanisms by which educational institutions may achieve organisational goals that might be especially challenging to accomplish individually. Such collaborations are intended to offer courses and services through combined resources and expertise. Consortia designed to develop and deliver distance education…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Consortia, Developing Nations
Download full textVande Berg, Michael; Connor-Linton, Jeffrey; Paige, R. Michael – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2009
Six years ago, Georgetown University's Office of International Programs, together with partner institutions, designed a large-scale, multi-year study of U.S. student learning abroad. The data support three broad conclusions with significant implications for study abroad policies and practices. This analysis concentrates for the most part on one…
Descriptors: International Programs, Learning Strategies, Study Abroad, Consortia
A Consortium Project to Improve Retention and the First Year of College: Results and Recommendations
Cutright, Marc – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2006
This article examines the operation and perceived effectiveness of a short-term, nine-community-college consortium, a consortium dedicated to the improvement of student retention and first-year education at each of the colleges in the consortium. The consortium was composed of Alabama community colleges, essentially during calendar year 2002. Its…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, College Freshmen, Consortia, Program Effectiveness
Rutherford, Desmond; Jackson, Lindsay – School Leadership & Management, 2006
This article explores the key issues or dilemmas secondary schools face when considering collaborating to form a school partnership, in particular a Collegiate Academy. The methodology is an evaluation based on interviews with 15 headteachers and other key staff from three Collegiate Academies in Birmingham during the autumn of 2005. Seven key…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Secondary Schools, Interviews, Foreign Countries
Stoops, Jack W. – 1992
This handbook reports on the use of consortia-appointed curriculum directors for meeting small, rural school districts' curriculum renewal needs. It is based on interviews with individuals involved with consortia in five Western U.S. case-study sites. Limited resources in rural schools often hinder curriculum-renewal efforts. If several districts…
Descriptors: Consortia, Consultants, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Design
Vande Berg, Michael J.; Balkcum, Al; Scheid, Mark; Whalen, Brian J. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2004
In this article, the authors describe the Georgetown University Consortium Project (GCP), a three-year assessment study designed to document the learning abroad of students from Georgetown University, The University of Minnesota, Rice University, and Dickinson College. Funded by two Department of Education Title VI grants, this ongoing three-year…
Descriptors: College Students, International Education, Consortia, Study Abroad
