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Noftsinger, John B., Jr. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2002
Discusses how colleges and universities are becoming increasingly involved in economic development, with the formation of strategic alliances that have led to programs that benefit business and higher education. Discusses example programs from the Valley of Virginia Partnership for Education, and the outreach program of James Madison University.…
Descriptors: College Role, Consortia, Economic Development, Higher Education
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Williams, Mitchell R. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2002
Discusses how higher education consortia can be instrumental in developing community leaders to address social, economic, and environmental issues that face most communities and regions. Offers the example of the Leadership Jackson program involving Western Carolina University and Southwestern Community College. (EV)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development, Consortia
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Gertz, Janet – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1995
Outlines the development and implementation of the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials, highlighting specific grants awarded to the 11 Comprehensive Research Libraries. The decision of the 11 research libraries to redefine themselves as a consortium is discussed and their priorities are…
Descriptors: Consortia, Grants, Library Cooperation, Library Materials
Helton, Betty G. – Vocational Education Journal, 1992
The American Vocational Association's Teacher of the Year explains a Texas initiative to develop a tech prep curriculum for marketing education. (SK)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Consortia, Curriculum Development
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Rutkowski, Hollace Ann; And Others – Special Libraries, 1991
This theme issue includes 11 articles on public relations (PR) in special libraries. Highlights include PR at the Special Libraries Association (SLA); sources for marketing research for libraries; developing a library image; sample PR releases; brand strategies for libraries; case studies; publicizing a consortium; and a bibliography of pertinent…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consortia, Information Centers, Library Extension
Machovec, George S. – Online Libraries and Microcomputers, 1998
Discusses the EBSCO decision to stop its traditional commercial document delivery business. High prices for copyright clearance, government subsidized services, electronic formats available on the Internet, Web-based services, and consortium-based licensing activities are discussed as influencing the market for document delivery. (LRW)
Descriptors: Consortia, Document Delivery, Electronic Journals, Government Role
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Dotolo, Lawrence G. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1999
Describes the evolution and implementation of the Summer Institute on College Teaching, a faculty development program created by the Virginia Tidewater Consortium as part of a foundation-funded exercise through the Kansas City Regional Council for Higher Education. Guiding principles in program development and lessons learned are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Consortia, Faculty Development, Higher Education
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Dorger, Mitch – New Directions for Higher Education, 1999
One way colleges can approach cost control is by taking advantages of cooperative purchasing activities with other, similar institutions. Guiding principles for effective efforts include sharing the risk, sharing the resources, providing services to other institutions, and expanding institutional bargaining power through cooperation. Significant…
Descriptors: College Administration, Consortia, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency
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Weintraub, Tamara; Laun, Mary Ann – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2000
Describes the formation and role of a consortium for cooperative purchasing formed by the Council of Chief Librarians for the California Community Colleges in fall 1998 called the Electronic Access and Resources Committee. Its charge is to evaluate electronic, proprietary databases and negotiate prices for the community colleges as a group. (VWC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Database Management Systems, Integrated Library Systems
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Kraemer, Linda G. – Journal of Allied Health, 1998
A North American-European university consortium engages in exchange of allied health students and faculty, joint research projects, seminars, study tours, shared resources, and intensive training programs. (SK)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Consortia, Educational Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Chan, Tak Cheung – American School Board Journal, 2001
A survey of 145 schools found that all had experimented with innovative purchasing approaches. Many used electronic methods, such as credit-card, fast-track requisition (most popular), bidding and purchasing, and data interchange. Results suggest that nonelectronic innovations (just-in-time, cooperative, direct, and consortium leverage purchasing)…
Descriptors: Bids, Consortia, Cooperation, Efficiency
Pohl, Joanne M.; Bostrom, Andrea C.; Talarczyk, Geraldine; Cavanagh, Stephen – Nursing and Health Care Perspectives, 2001
The Michigan Academic Consortium brought together four universities' nursing schools to address advanced practice issues in nurse-managed primary health care. The collaboration enabled participants to leverage financial resources and take advantage of partnership opportunities. Challenges included multiple management practices, competition, and…
Descriptors: Consortia, Higher Education, Nurses, Nursing Education
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Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken – Journal of Education Policy, 2005
In September 2000, new qualifications for 16-19 year olds, known as "Curriculum 2000", were introduced in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland with the aim of broadening the advanced level curriculum. It was left to schools, colleges, and their learners, however, to decide how these new qualifications would be used to build learner…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Consortia, Educational Change, National Curriculum
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Frederiksen, Linda – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2004
Fourteen years after its establishment, the Distance Learning Section is one of the fastest growing sections in the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association. Based on Section archives and secondary literature, this article traces the organization's development from its beginnings as a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Research Libraries, Library Associations, Organizational Change
Peterson, Lorna M. – Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2003
One challenge facing colleges and universities today is that an entire generation of scholars will be retiring in critical numbers over the next several years. A national survey conducted three years ago by the University of California at Los Angeles revealed that nearly one-third of the nation's full time professors were age 55 or older. Now,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Demography, Institutional Cooperation, Consortia
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