In 2010, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) launched an initiative to transform all district schools into full service community schools. The community school design provides integrated supports to students and fosters a school climate conducive to academic, social, and emotional learning. Interventions span in-school and out-of-school time,…

A description of the organizational structure of a system for districtwide organization of staff and a process for curriculum development, coordination, and evaluation. (Author/MLF)

Examines techniques for projecting freshman enrollment in specific academic departments. (Editor)

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…

Three theoretical models for sport and their respective characteristics are contrasted--a commercial consumer model, an educational instructional model, and a participatory recreational model. Policy guidelines are outlined for the commercial consumer and educational instructional models. (JMF)

Article provided additional resources on state coordination, supplied by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (Editor)

State coordination and control of higher education has increased and will continue to increase. "Points of promise" are: (1) effective statewide planning can extend equal opportunity for postsecondary education throughout an entire State; (2) unnecessary and expensive duplication of programs can be avoided; (3) gaps in availability of needed…

A planning model for the identification of components, activities, and tasks in educational programs and problem solving situations is described. (RAO)

The model of a cluster community college is described in this book. The chapters of the book are as follows: 1. Need for a New Organizational Model (Three Structural Anomalies, The Department: A Critical Analysis, The Department: A Status Study); 2. Dynamics for Change (Creative Tensions, Pre-Conditions Required for Planned Change); 3. Some…

The development of information systems in higher education in the United States has paralleled the development of large-scale electronic computers. There are a number of conceptual designs for information systems in higher education. There also exist different information requirements for operation of a university, coordination of educational…

This paper discusses the importance of an effective partnership between health services and early childhood programs, and examines ways that leaders in both service systems can cooperate to help caregivers, teachers, and parents raise healthy children. After examining the need for an improved partnership, the historic and contemporary role of a…

This study is seen as offering part of a necessary empirical base for constructing a middle range theory of cooperation between educational institutions as well as teachers involved in such cooperation. (Authr/RK)

The need to build experiential learning into external degree programs is examined in terms of the framework identifying the functions of experiential elements of a program. Successful forms are defined and models of these are described. (JMF)

A developmental research activity was undertaken to create and field test a systematic process designed to assist vocational educators to form linkages with business and industry. The literature was synthesized to ascertain what has been learned about the linkage process and coordination theory and has served as a basis for writing a manual for…

A study reviewed research on interagency relations involving vocational education and examined a local vocational agency and some of its linkages. It also determined what further research is needed to facilitate mutually advantageous interagency arrangements. The study used a dyadic perspective. An analytic model of interorganizational behavior,…