Looks at the financial stability of New York University and examines how well the merged engineering institution, Polytechnic of New York, is doing. (Author/DN)

Examines the trend toward statewide planning for higher education, the pressures behind the trend, and the sticky problems involved from the viewpoints of the institutional administrator, the systemwide administrator, and the legislator. (Author/DN)

The fifth of seven articles to address the problem of what higher education can do to meet the space needs of new programs and a wider constituency, without resorting to new building. One way to meet space needs is for two or more institutions to establish a cooperative effort that makes better use of existing facilities. (Author)

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)

Three major institutions of higher education will share physical facilities -- an exception to the usual consortia which seldom involve extensive sharing of facilities. (Author/JN)

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, whose goal is facilitating resource sharing and cooperation, is described. Barriers to cooperation including absence of leadership, lack of adequate financial incentives, and the tendency to encourage and reward isolated behavior are discussed. (MLW)

Describes how a private 2-year liberal arts college in New Jersey contracts to deliver public community college services. (A related document is EA 504 175). (DN)

Describes how a newly formed community college district proposes to contract with a private 4-year college to operate the community college program. If the plans are approved, the community college district stands to avoid the heavy capital expenditures involved in setting up the program and the financial future of the private college will be…

Presented is the second of a two-part study that describes how some colleges have been joining together in a grassroots cooperative movement to buy, make use of, and shape telecourses. The experiences of two such consortia used by colleges are among the topics discussed. (JMD)

As more colleges and universities coordinate institutional research as a support system for long-range planning, new analytical tools become necessary. A system developed in Massachusetts to project the effect of statewide policy alternatives may have wide applicability to other institutions and to multi-institutional planning groups. (Author)

Cooperative operational planning among autonomous institutions at the Oklahoma Health Center is demonstrating significant capital and operating cost savings as well as qualitative gains. (Author/MLF)

Interinstitutional salary comparisons have proven to be a valuable planning tool for institutions seeking to achieve salary equity while maintaining accountability. (Editor/LBH)

The crisis in higher education has generated a movement toward statewide and regional cooperation among colleges and universities. An example is the Academic Affairs Conference of Midwestern Universities, a consortium of five institutions in Illinois and Indiana. Describes the AACMU development. (Author)

The critical issues of the effect of Consortia on cooperating institutions and interinstitutional planning are problems of reciprocity and autonomy, coordination of programs among diverse institutions, and strategies for campus involvement and leadership. (Author/JN)

Presented is first of a two-part study that reports on the ways that some colleges are forming consortia of producers of telecourses. The nature of the consortia, their products, production concerns, and some leaders in the field, such as Miami-Dade Community College and Dallas County Community College District, are discussed. (JMD)