View of the procedures, potentialities, and problems of the Five College Consortium, including Mount Holyoke, Smith, Amherst and Hampshire Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts. (PG)

Voluntary cooperative consortia among colleges and universities are increasing and show promising potential strength. (IR)

The "Oxbridge" (Oxford and Cambridge Universities) system is examined and compared to its American counterpart. Oxbridge's struggle, in the face of demands of accountability, coordination, and professionalism, to keep the learning process an integral part of the social and personal development of the individual, is traced. (PHR)