Traces developments in cooperative preservation in microfilming projects from 1930s to mid-1980s. Participation by the Library of Congress, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Council on Library Resources, National Endowment for the Humanities, American Theological Library Association, Research Libraries Group, and…

The spirit of cooperation between business and higher education helps to strengthen America's private sector. Cooperative programs with Deere and Company and Rome Industries, with the fast food industry (Chick-fil-A), and with a development firm (Garden Lakes Company) are described. (MLW)

Outlines the differences between collaborative efforts and cooperative ones. Provides a discussion of concepts of interrelationships and institutional/organizational relationships. Points to the lack of research available on collaborative efforts. Includes models of cooperation and collaboration, examples contrasting collaboration and cooperation,…

Based on an informal survey of 26 small national library associations, this paper examines "twinning" (i.e., a formal substantive collaboration between two organizations) between library associations in general and with particular emphasis on the small associations' experience. It examines their characteristics and discusses the…

Shared facilities and resources expand educational opportunities. (HS)

Describes the State-of-Illinois supported Cooperative Summer Institute of McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, which participated in a week-long Creative-Problem Solving Institute at the State University College in Buffalo, New York. (MB)

It has been recommended that health education institutions develop a common market arrangement specifically in health education, based upon a recognition of the increasing alliance between the public and private sectors in both health care and education, and the need to utilize maximally the existing resources. (JD)

During the 1992-93 school year, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory conducted study of rural schools in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas that were using one kind of telecommunications technology: full-motion interactive video. Many schools were at risk of being closed because they could not provide education comparable to that available in…

Pennsylvania's Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit built a collaborative 2-week summer academy, opening it to students in the other 14 school districts in the county. Cooperation among all the districts provided students opportunities for expanded learning experiences. (MLF)

The benefits and drawbacks of cooperative programs among Catholic high schools are described. For journal availability see SO 504 329. (DE)

A case study of the Graduate Studies Center at Milliken University, a cooperative project of Milliken (a private, church-related undergraduate university) and four state institutions, funded by the Illinois Higher Education Cooperation Act (HECA), reveals benefits to students, the state schools, and Milliken (the broker) with no threat to…

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…

Few publications on interinstitutional cooperation go beyond a description, generally a glowing one, of individual programs and activities. Yet many problems beset an effort of formalized cooperation. (1) There is often a great difference between "cooperation" as an abstraction and "cooperation" as a practical reality. The mere formalization of a…

This document examines two successful consortiums (Five Colleges, Inc., and Worcester Consortium for Higher Education) and relates their approach to that of the developing Blue Ridge Consortium. Emphasis is placed on background material concerning consortia, a profile of the Blue Ridge consortium, a description of two model consortia, the…