Advantages and disadvantages of joining a consortia are reviewed in this assessment of the growth of educational consortia. It is suggested that unless an institution has already made a commitment to the areas suggested by project goals, it should resign from the projected consortium at the outset. (LBH)

The authors of Statewide Reallocation through Program Priorities'' respond to the preceding commentary. (PG)

The article looks at a variety of ways that universities can coordinate their information processing activities across disciplines and institutions. Examples of current cooperative efforts are described with emphasis on efforts in the Boston and San Francisco Bay areas. (DB)

No issue in higher education is more fundamental or troublesome than the trend to statewide coordination. (Editor)

The author comments on the preceding article on statewide coordination in higher education. (PG)

Linkages between historically Black colleges and universities and institutions in African nations have resulted primarily from participation with the U.S. Agency for International Development technical assistance projects with host-country government institutions and the Fulbright-Hays Program. Study abroad opportunities enhance students'…

The metropolitan consortium can be an invaluable vehicle for facilitation, building liaisons among higher education institutions and between them collectively and the community at large. Cooperation makes the members stronger, better-managed, and more visible institutions, and they achieve collective clout with the public, the media, and others.…

The Business Higher Education Forum, a group of corporate executives and college presidents, has been active in reform of elementary and secondary education by supporting collaborative efforts between business, higher education institutions, other sectors, and the schools. The guiding principle identified is that broad based alliances are…

Discusses a working relationship between graduate schools and community colleges. (PG)

Author sees phasing out of black colleges as suicidal and suggests instead cooperative programs between predominantly white and black institutions. (HS)

A 1984 survey by American Council on Education, Campus Trends, offers evidence of the extent of academe's involvement in corporate-college collaborative activities. Links including assisting students, supporting research, training employees, and joint programs are discussed. (MLW)

The results of a nationwide study of developing relationships between industry and leading public comprehensive universities are highlighted. Eight kinds of programs included consulting, industry-funded research, government-funded research, personnel exchange, industrial liaison, consortia, jointly owned laboratory facilities, and industrial…

The present search and selection procedures to fill presidential vacancies serves to reduce the conflict caused by presidential succession. (Editor/IR)

The growth of in-house training and education programs of employers in both the public and private sector is discussed with a focus on supervisory and managerial personnel in large corporations. Effective dialog and cooperation between the corporate sector and the education sector are needed. (MLW)

Teacher training programs, graduate schools of education, and local school districts must work together to create a new, revitalized teaching corps. These efforts might include a five-year teacher preparation program, greater use of current teacher effectiveness research, stronger collaborative relationships, and improved professional continuing…