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Peterson, Lorna M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2002
Using the example of the Five Colleges consortium, explores the measuring of benefits and costs involved in intercollegiate cooperation. Discusses how the benefits are often other than cost-savings, which is ostensibly why many institutions join such consortia. (EV)
Descriptors: Consortia, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation

Nahemow, Lucille; Dellert, Ann; Eisenhandler, Susan A.; Freed, Arlene; Klein, Waldo; McGuiness, Anne; Raisz, Helen; Wolf, Mary Alice – Educational Gerontology, 1999
The Consortium for Gerontology Education in Long-Term Care was designed to share resources among care providers and educational institutions, collaborate on research, and provide training in field methods. Integrating the work of students, faculty, and health-care providers posed challenges requiring trust, communication, and cooperation. (SK)
Descriptors: Consortia, Gerontology, Higher Education, Long Term Care
Peterson, Lorna M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1999
Describes the fund-raising activities of Five Colleges, Inc., a consortium of five Massachusetts higher education institutions whose development efforts are limited to contracts and grants. Difficulties inherent in cooperative fund raising are discussed, including competition for foundation resources, the credibility of consortia in light of their…
Descriptors: Competition, Consortia, Contracts, Fund Raising
Okerson, Ann – Library Journal, 2001
Discusses results of the BYTES (Books You Teach Every Semester) project, a consortial study that investigated whether the same books were used for reserve readings at academic libraries and whether they should be made available in an electronic format. Recommends collaboration between libraries and publishers to supply material in electronic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Brown, David W., Ed.; Witte, Deborah, Ed. – Kettering Foundation, 2009
This volume begins with an essay by Noelle McAfee, a contributor who is familiar to readers of Higher Education Exchange (HEX). She reiterates Mathews' argument regarding the disconnect between higher education's sense of engagement and the public's sense of engagement, and suggests a way around the epistemological conundrum of "knowledge…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Democracy, Governance, Journalism

Silverman, Robert J. – Research in Higher Education, 1975
Five interorganizational relationships among higher educational institutions, representing major structural and functional variations were studied intensively using field research procedures to elucidate determinants of successful cooperative activities. (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Educational Research, Higher Education
Dolce, Philip C. – 1981
The use of sophisticated instructional methodologies involving applications of educational technology has been largely accepted by institutions of higher education. How these methodologies can be used in an organized and systematized way remains unresolved. Reductions in the power and prestige of individual institutions under state-mandated master…
Descriptors: Consortia, Educational Cooperation, Educational Technology, Higher Education

Kramer, Lawrence F. – Planning for Higher Education, 1974
The long-term concerns of colleges and universities have been shifting in recent years. Emphasis is increasingly being placed on the exploitation of all higher education resources through regional or State coordination. Explores the implications of the new priorities in higher education. (Author)
Descriptors: Consortia, Educational Finance, Enrollment Influences, Higher Education
Sagan, Edgar L. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1974
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Educational Media, Educational Television
Eastmond, Nick – 1981
This paper discusses the benefits of such networking projects as the Northern Rockies Consortium for Higher Education, which was founded as a non-profit corporation four years ago to encourage faculty development and instructional development in the four state region of Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming, and describes the development of this…
Descriptors: Communications, Consortia, Geographic Regions, Higher Education
Armstrong, Charles J. – 1970
This report describes the most significant activities of the Dayton-Miami Valley Consortium during the period of September 1, 1967 - February 28, 1970. The purpose of the Consortium is to promote interinstitutional cooperation and thus improve planning, research, instruction, and administrative services. The activities of the Consortium fell in 2…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Educational Technology
Danforth Foundation, St. Louis, MO. – 1972
Presently there are approximately 70 active formal higher educational consortia in the U. S. along with numerous other instances of voluntary academic cooperation. However, at a time in which cooperative efforts continue to expand, the benefits of these same efforts are being examined and questioned seriously by educators. The Danforth Conference…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Conference Reports, Consortia, Cooperative Planning
Institutional Interface: Making the Right Connection. Trends and Issues in Cooperation, Spring 1974.
Dwyer, Claudette, Ed.; Patterson, Lewis D., Ed. – 1974
Six papers are presented concerning the trends and issues in interinstitutional cooperation. Topics cover national cooperative trends, case study in starting a consortium; consortia and institutional change, library networks and what to expect, higher education management, financing higher education in Pennsylvania, and making more states more…
Descriptors: Administration, Consortia, Educational Administration, Educational Finance
Diener, Thomas J., Ed.; Patterson, Lewis D., Ed. – 1974
The program for the semiannual Cooperative Program Seminar, held October 9-10, 1973, in Washington, D.C. is presented in this document. At this seminar plans were made to broaden the program focus from just consortium concerns to include the full range of interests in systems of interdependence in postsecondary education. These proceedings, to the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
O'Sullivan, Maurice J.; And Others – 1972
The Higher Education Center for Urban Studies (HECUS) was formed as a consortium in 1968 by 5 institutions of higher education located in or near Bridgeport, Connecticut. It has been involved mainly in urban research, community service, and in facilitating educational services for disadvantaged people. This report is a study made to determine…
Descriptors: Community Services, Consortia, Disadvantaged, Higher Education