Describes efforts by the consortium Associated Colleges of the Midwest to support interinstitutional faculty collaboration and development. Focuses on three programs: the Global Partners Project, an information literacy grant, and an academic collaboration grant. (EV)

A study investigated patterns in the characteristics, structures, budgets, administrators, and activities of multipurpose collegiate consortia over a period of 15 years. Results are compared with those of previous research on consortia, and some questions are raised regarding the visibility and viability of multipurpose consortia in higher…

The director of a college consortium must be a strong leader, whose primary duties range from providing leadership to securing resources and to clearly communicating the consortium's mission. The director must keep in mind that the consortium's work is valuable only to the degree that it eases the load on the individual member institutions and…

Rapid changes in nursing programs are required in light of the developing health care system. Consortia are an effective method for delivering distance education, allowing quality to be controlled and conflict of interest among schools to be resolved. (JOW)

Faculty were asked how important for their students the Association of College and Research Libraries' "Information Literacy Competency Standards'" outcomes are, and when students should display the relevant skills. Faculty believe most of the "Standards'" outcomes are important but show little agreement on when students should acquire them.

The US colleges are struggling with soaring tuition costs as state support is unable to keep up with enrollment growth, and college officials are becoming more creative in finding ways to reduce expenses. Higher education institutions are increasingly outsourcing non-academic activities, collaborating with other institutions to share goods and…

The advantages and difficulties of partnership working for a new university at crisis point in the use of people, time and facilities for the development of widening participation initiatives. The focus is on local partnerships which bring together a wide range of organisations from public, private and voluntary sectors to increase participation…

The University Consortium Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, allows the development of joint programs by the local college and the extension units of three distant universities. (Author/MLF)

This directory includes 115 cooperative arrangements involving 1,398 members. It is designed as a tool that can be used to promote cooperation and association and to assist research. Included in this directory are a list of consortia, program information, consortium directors, and location of consortium members. The cooperative arrangements cited…

The West Tennessee Research Develpment Consortium was formed to increase research potential in 2 developing West Tennessee colleges: Freed-Hardeman College and Lane College. The research development program sought to train in research methodology 1 person on each campus and to offer concurrently an in-service training program to 8 faculty members…

This inventory-directory provides information on the formal cooperative arrangements of colleges and universities in the State University of New York system. Each entry gives the title of arrangement, names the coordinator or contact person, the beginning date, the participating institutions, and describes the purposes of the arrangement or…

This document lists the names, addresses, telephone numbers, chief administrative officers and 797 members of 80 consortia in higher education reported to meet five criteria. Each consortium: is a voluntary, formal organization, has three or more member institutions, has multiacademic programs, is administered by at least one full-time…

This document presents the results of a feasibility study conducted by the Consortium for Development of Research Potential in Education (CORD) to determine if the 5 institutions in the Detroit area that comprise CORD can pool their resources to provide a coordinated institute for re-educating the conventionally trained teachers in multicultural…

To help struggling two-year and four-year colleges reach a higher level of academic excellence, the Strengthening Developing Institutions Program supports projects to create special curriculums, upgrade faculties, improve administrative abilities, and expand student services. (Author)

A special purchasing group was formed by the Worcester Consortium for Higher Education with financial advantages. (Editor/HS)