The authors provide a model for an interinstitutional teacher training program, setting forth basic assumptions and consortium structure. (MJB)

The text of the EDUCOM statement on software and intellectual rights that educators are being urged to adopt on campus is presented and discussed. (MSE)

Wellness in the Workplace offers a health risk reduction program to the work environment through use of existing health promotion community services. Historical development, services provided, and potential benefits to other communities are discussed. (DF)

To meet the growing need for immediate information to support administrative decision making, the Cooperative Computer Center, a computing consortium serving Chicago State University, Governors State University, and Northeastern Illinois University, established an Information Center. The heart of the center is its user-friendly software.…

Discussion of state information networks highlights the network entrepreneurs, state network development, the third decade of networking, and six potential issues of special concern to state library networks: decentralization, standards, linkage, technical obsolescence, security, and appropriate technology for small libraries. (EJS)

Describes Five Colleges, Inc., a consortium formed in 1965 by Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges and the University of Massachusetts. Details how the cooperation between these institutions has been successful and describes some obstacles encountered. Focuses on the effects of the cooperation on the schools' foreign language…

The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange was established in 1994. Its membership increased from 163 colleges and universities in 1994 to more than 400 in 2001. Over the past 8 years, the routine of working with a large and diverse group of institutions has culminated in a valuable collection of experiences and lessons. The 8-year…

A New Jersey consortium enables land-locked colleges to give their ecology and oceanography students the ocean as a laboratory. (Editor/HS)

Directors of Pennsylvania's eight formal educational consortia recently met in Harrisburg -- the first meeting of its kind in the nation. (Editor)

The growing needs of private institutions is cause to explore the potential of financial development for institutions individually and collectively through an academic consortium. (Author)

Description of statewide multiple-password subscription service offered to users of Dialog Information Services by the Maine State Library discusses cost effectiveness and billing procedures. A microcomputer program for a TRS-80 Model III used to formulate each member's monthly billing from the main Dialog bill is included. (EJS)

Describes a cooperative arrangement among several school districts that permits the hiring of a full-time professional negotiator to handle collective bargaining agreements. (WD)

It has been recommended that health education institutions develop a common market arrangement specifically in health education, based upon a recognition of the increasing alliance between the public and private sectors in both health care and education, and the need to utilize maximally the existing resources. (JD)