This volume begins with an essay by Noelle McAfee, a contributor who is familiar to readers of Higher Education Exchange (HEX). She reiterates Mathews' argument regarding the disconnect between higher education's sense of engagement and the public's sense of engagement, and suggests a way around the epistemological conundrum of "knowledge…

The Greater Flint Educational Consortium on Writing Improvement, comprising local high school teachers and area college writing instructors, has worked for several years to improve the transition students make from their high school to college writing experiences. The focus of the most recent consortium was on writing support services. This…

A principal characteristic of the Canadian experience with e-learning is the uniquely Canadian feature of provincial jurisdiction over education. Canada is the only country that does not have a national department or ministry of education. Therefore, any investigation of e-learning in Canada must focus more on specific provincial initiatives in…

Five interorganizational relationships among higher educational institutions, representing major structural and functional variations were studied intensively using field research procedures to elucidate determinants of successful cooperative activities. (Editor/PG)

The use of sophisticated instructional methodologies involving applications of educational technology has been largely accepted by institutions of higher education. How these methodologies can be used in an organized and systematized way remains unresolved. Reductions in the power and prestige of individual institutions under state-mandated master…

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)

In line with the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration's Horizons theme, the 18-college Outreach Consortium of Southern California has developed "Contemporary California Issues," an interdisciplinary telecourse designed to draw attention to and sharpen the focus on nine contemporary issues. (NHM)

Only a cooperative approach to teacher growth can effectively satisfy the compelling need to retrain and upgrade existing personnel. (Author)

This paper discusses the benefits of such networking projects as the Northern Rockies Consortium for Higher Education, which was founded as a non-profit corporation four years ago to encourage faculty development and instructional development in the four state region of Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming, and describes the development of this…

This report describes the most significant activities of the Dayton-Miami Valley Consortium during the period of September 1, 1967 - February 28, 1970. The purpose of the Consortium is to promote interinstitutional cooperation and thus improve planning, research, instruction, and administrative services. The activities of the Consortium fell in 2…

Presently there are approximately 70 active formal higher educational consortia in the U. S. along with numerous other instances of voluntary academic cooperation. However, at a time in which cooperative efforts continue to expand, the benefits of these same efforts are being examined and questioned seriously by educators. The Danforth Conference…

Six papers are presented concerning the trends and issues in interinstitutional cooperation. Topics cover national cooperative trends, case study in starting a consortium; consortia and institutional change, library networks and what to expect, higher education management, financing higher education in Pennsylvania, and making more states more…

The program for the semiannual Cooperative Program Seminar, held October 9-10, 1973, in Washington, D.C. is presented in this document. At this seminar plans were made to broaden the program focus from just consortium concerns to include the full range of interests in systems of interdependence in postsecondary education. These proceedings, to the…