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Beaudoin, Michael F. – Open Learning, 2009
Consortia are increasingly popular mechanisms by which educational institutions may achieve organisational goals that might be especially challenging to accomplish individually. Such collaborations are intended to offer courses and services through combined resources and expertise. Consortia designed to develop and deliver distance education…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Consortia, Developing Nations
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Kezar, Adrianna J. – Journal of Higher Education, 2006
Much has been written about the barriers to collaborative work, but little research has been conducted on how to foster collaboration within higher education. This article presents the results of a case study of four campuses that have organized to enable collaboration. The study builds on earlier literature from the corporate sector using a model…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Institutional Cooperation, Intercollegiate Cooperation
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Curran, Chris – Higher Education Management, 1992
A discussion of distance education outlines its development, identifies its characteristics, and analyzes three existing program types and the needs they serve. The Irish National Distance Education Centre, which uses a cooperative approach with several institutions, is presented in greater detail. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Consortia, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Banks, Debra L.; Colby, Anita – 1989
Accountability has been a developing issue for community colleges for the past several years. Demands that two-year colleges provide evidence of the achievement of their goals has placed a heavy burden on institutional research offices. A number of organizational models have been used by community colleges in carrying out the research function,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, College Planning, Community Colleges
McAuliffe, Daniel G. – 1978
A model for a television consortium for Connecticut regional community colleges is presented. A successful consortium involves commitment to the purpose of providing access to higher education for nontraditional students, willingness of program developers and administrators to listen to and work with people having divergent viewpoints, adequate…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Broadcast Industry, Cable Television
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Stanton, Wilbur W.; Templeton, Dennie E.; Chase, Joe D.; Rose, Melinda; Eaton, Carlotta – Inquiry, 2005
The authors discuss the joining of 12 Virginia community colleges from the Appalachian region of southwestern Virginia with Radford University to form the Regional Technology Education Consortium (RTEC), a three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education program and designed to develop articulation…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Distance Education, Articulation (Education), Information Science Education
Clagett, Craig A.; Huntington, Robin B. – 1990
Information about the rate of student transfer from two- to four-year institutions and transfer students' achievement at the senior institutions can be obtained in several ways. One approach is the utilization of a statewide student tracking system, which permits easy identification of student progress at any level in the system. Systemwide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
The applications of telecommunications technology, computers, and other technologies are addressed in five papers. In an overview, Raymond J. Lewis, Jr. suggests that colleges and universities are finding that telecommunication technologies offer cost effective ways of reaching adult learners, and that open broadcast television has been the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Broadcast Television, Cable Television, Computer Assisted Instruction