Outlines the organization, goals, and activities of the Florida Collegiate Consortium for International/Intercultural Education, which presently has 12 members--seven community colleges and five universities--that open their overseas studies programs to students from other member institutions. (MB)

The Pennsylvania Task Force on Two-Year Postsecondary Education, whose members represented the public at large and all segments of postsecondary education, was commissioned to recommend a rationale for the orderly development of two-year programs to meet the needs of Commonwealth residents; to identify the most effective means of providing…

Describes efforts undertaken in Texas to promote articulation between two- and four-year colleges and facilitate the transfer process. Focuses on the production and distribution of accurate transferability information, curriculum revisions, the activities of the North Texas Articulation Council, and the use of computers to aid in the transferral…

A study was conducted to define a set of alternative organizational models to help overcome current obstacles to Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) membership and set the stage for maximum utilization of the cost efficiencies and program improvement benefits of collaborative curriculum development. The methodology…

With increased cooperation and coordination, it now is appropriate to review major changes that have led to an unprecedented level of interdependency among institutions. The current growth rate of interinstitutional cooperation is approximately 12 percent per year. This is inseparably linked in many respects to increased levels of statutory…

The Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) coordinates and provides computer services to students, teachers, and educational administrators throughout the state. MECC was organized in 1973 by the state's 4 public educational systems: the state university system (7 campuses), the community college system (18 campuses), the University of…

This study was undertaken to describe efforts in three states to create customized vocational training for specific client firms as part of economic development efforts. Approximately 70 persons from education, business, and state government were interviewed; documents from the three states (Ohio, South Carolina, and New York) were reviewed; and,…

Articles from a conference on nontraditional education and state-level issues are presented. The first article by Frederic Jacobs and George B. Weathersby summarizes some of the major trends and policy issues regarding nontraditional education. Next Samuel B. Gould considers why states should support nontraditional education and what strategies…

The Tech-Prep Statewide Professional Development Consortium of Texas supplemented and complemented professional development activities done within 25 local tech prep consortia to assist in full implementation of the tech prep initiative. Needs analyses identified major areas of emphasis, assessed the current level of tech prep knowledge and…

Do state regulatory type agencies for higher education, either consolidated governing boards or coordinating boards, have measurable effects on institutional effectiveness or efficiency? To answer this question three types of information were examined: (1) opinions of the president or delegate representative; (2) data on actual costs that are a…

A project was conducted to provide in-service education to meet the specific interests and needs of the highest level vocational administrators associated with secondary, post-secondary, and Division of Vocational Education agencies in Indiana. The specific objectives were (1) to examine concepts of leadership relative to administration and…

This guide, which was developed as a part of a multi-year, statewide effort to institutionalize gender equity in various educational settings throughout Indiana, presents a step-by-step process model for achieving gender equity in the state's secondary- and postsecondary-level vocational programs through coalition building and implementation of a…

The Community College of Vermont (CCV) initiated a three-year Integrated Service Team (IST) Project to develop, test, and evaluate a model for learner needs assessment that incorporated institutional collaboration among postsecondary institutions in Vermont. Graduate student interns and faculty representatives from state and community colleges…

A special task force of institutional research and planning personnel, established by the Southeast Florida Educational Consortia to collect regional and institutional data useful for statewide planning, reports on: (1) some postsecondary educational directions suggested by regional demographic and economic data, (2) population growth and…

A review of higher education in Alaska during 1975-1976 that was submitted to the Alaska Legislative Subcommittee on Higher Education is presented. Information is given on: developments at private institutions (Alaska Methodist University and Sheldon Jackson College); the University of Alaska System; consortium arrangements; postsecondary needs…