The opinion that both business and higher education want to "do their jobs in the best way, with the best people, and with the maximum efficiency" is expressed by an AT&T executive. Both need to work at understanding one another, to find areas where they can work together. (Author/MLW)

The role of the trustee in interinstitutional cooperation is discussed. Benefits include: plant facilities sharing, joint credit unions, library exchange, joint health care facilities, joint counseling, joint apprenticeship programs, cross registration, faculty exchange joint appointments, etc. (Author/LBH)

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)

Urban colleges are in a favorable situation for cooperation--on mission-related activities like sharing faculty and students, on activities essential for operation, life computer use, and on activities growing out of the urban setting, including community problem-solving. (Author/LBH)

To solve expensive problems with dwindling funds calls for better ideas, such as: faculty retraining; sharing remedial work with the high schools; reduction of redundancy through cross-registration; a 12-month calendar; computerized information; and ascertaining students' hopes. (Editor/LBH)

Issues, such as admissions and tuition, that once were institutional prerogatives are seen now as having to be addressed more collectively. The need for states to have independent boards and staffs sensitive to educational values, but with the public-interested-oriented perspective is argued. (MLW)

A Southern Regional Education Board workshop has identified and discussed ten areas (including environmental concerns, long-range planning and growth policies, and energy issues) in which the interdisciplinary resources of colleges and universities can be brought to bear for mutual benefit. (Editor/JT)

Northern Arizona University responded to the Spring Hill Statement, which urges higher education's involvement in the school reform movement, by establishing the Center for Excellence in Education to involve personnel from school districts, the university, businesses, and state agencies in cohesive, cooperative effort to improve teacher education.…

The John Wood Community College (Quincy, Ill.) "common market" concept based on contracts with neighboring two-year and four-year institutions in a three-state area is described. Students have access to courses and student activities at all the contracting institutions. Duplication of facilities is avoided, saving taxpayers money. (MLW)

The Association for Higher Education of North Texas is an alliance of 20 colleges and universities, 21 high-tech businesses, and civic interests in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that is modeling new ways for higher education institutions to respond to community needs. Other consortia are generally curriculum centered, service centered, or special…

Reports progress after three years of an effort by the Ford Foundation to strengthen a representative selection of private, historically black colleges and universities through a $50 million, 6-year program designed to help 20 institutions become stronger academically, attain greater financial stability, and send more of their students on to…

Experiences at the time that George Mason University launched its first major corporate relations effort with the establishment of the George Mason Institute of Science and Technology are discussed. (MLW)

Successful interinstitutional partnerships have common elements, including strong presidential commitment, administrative support mechanisms, faculty and staff involvement, periodic evaluation, integrated cooperation in each institution's day-to-day work, and communication. Care in choosing areas of cooperation, and the use of a joint advisory…

No matter what the rationale for high tuition, unless it is controlled, the average American family will not be able to afford a private college or university education. What is needed is a flexible tuition prepayment plan built on cooperation between private institutions, the federal government, and investment firms. Requirements of a successful…

A former university president lists weaknesses that led to his resignation. They include paying too little attention to junior colleges; ignoring the non-traditional student; not forcefully seeking cooperation, consortia, and merger with competing institutions; begging rather than demanding corporate support; and allowing faculty and students to…