This paper reports the progress to date and plans of the Appalachian Consortium Special Development Project, funded under Title III of the Higher Education Act. The participating institutions joined the consortium because it was felt that only through a cooperative arrangement could they overcome the limitations of inadequate resources arising…

The shared services and joint planning of the area-wide continuing education program of the Northwest Allegheny Hospitals Corporation (a Consortium of seven acute care and two rehabilitation centers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania) are described. (LH)

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 rise of the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges (CASC) to a position of national leadership within the higher education community is described. Its success in fund-raising, college services, and intercollegiate relations is reported. (LBH)

The consortium/teacher education council approach to collaboration in teacher education centers seems to close the gap between token school involvement and actual involvement. (Author)

Organizations, programs, and other resources for data sharing in higher education are listed and described, with addresses provided. They include existing data-exchange programs and consortia, survey programs and databases, and a list of papers presented at the 35th Forum of the Association for Institutional Research. (MSE)

Both a classification of the relatively new standards-setting consortia and a theoretical basis for their emergence are developed. It is noted that the theory is based on the confluence of political theory and the theory of markets, and the implications of these consortia for the standards-setting process are considered from theoretical and…

A group of 17 independent colleges and universities in Virginia combine their long distance telephone traffic and network services for an expected savings of $4.65 million over 3 years. The 12-institution consortium that negotiated the plan prioritized service and system criteria and solicited bids from long distance carriers. (MSE)

COGEN is a consortium of nursing units from 12 universities in California and Nevada formed in 1971 for the purpose of broadening opportunities for graduate education; to provide more flexible modes of study; and to use more effectively the available resources, facilities, and faculties. (Author/BP)

The Southern Regional Education Board is the nation's oldest interstate compact for higher education and a pioneer in regional planning and action for the effective multi-state use of postsecondary resources. After some background information on the organization, the annual report contents include the chairman's statement, report from the…

This report on the role and character of interinstitutional cooperation as a tool for strengthening international education rests on 2 convictions. They are that interinstitutional cooperation offers the best available means both for bringing about change in higher education, particularly in regard to its international component, and for self-help…

The Five College Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) was appointed in 1968 by the Presidents of the University of Massachusetts and Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges to "review cooperative arrangements among the five institutions, assess their strengths and weaknesses, propose long-range goals for cooperation, and establish…

The project to plan a college and university consortium for equal employment opportunity was designed toward 4 goals: (1) To bring about a change in the employment patterns for the Philadelphia metropolitan area in the construction trades by increasing job and training opportunities for nonwhites; (2) To increase opportunities for minority…

In September 1971 ten institutions of higher education in New Jersey formed a research consortium that would enable the institutions, each of which has teacher education programs, to develop research programs and research skills within their faculty. The major objectives of the consortium for the first year of operation were: (1) to develop a…

The Rural Community Assistance Consortium (RCAC) was established to increase member schools' ability to attract and maintain funded programs and qualified resource personnel to upgrade human and community resources in rural areas. The RCAC consists of 15 predominantly black land-grant colleges and Tuskegee Institute in 15 southern and border…