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Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1974
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…
Descriptors: College Planning, Consortia, Contracts, Educational Finance
Heath, Elinor K.; And Others – 1973
The college dropout problem and ways of solving it were discussed at the GT-70 Consortium Meetings on Student Attrition, held in Washington, D.C. in May 1973. The discussions centered around the profile of the dropout, anticipating the crisis, counseling, and alternative measures. The 23 recommendations resulting from the consortium meetings are…
Descriptors: College Role, College Students, Conference Reports, Consortia
King, Maxwell C.; And Others – 1973
A goals-setting model for the community/junior college that would interface with the community needs assessment model was developed, using as the survey instrument the Institutional Goals Inventory (I.G.I.) developed by the Educational Testing Service. The nine steps in the model are: Establish Committee on College Goals and Identify Goals Project…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Consortia, Decision Making
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Jordan, Casper L., Ed. – 1974
A bibliography is provided of the materials identified by the consortium participating in the African-American Materials Project. Members of the consortium include: Atlanta University, Fisk University, Hampton Institute, North Carolina Central University, South Carolina State College, and Tuskegee Institute. The materials listed were located in…
Descriptors: Art, Bibliographies, Black Community, Black History
Warlick, C. H.; And Others – 1973
Computer-assisted instructional programs in seven content areas--mathematics, social science, physics, chemistry, biology, business and economics--are listed and described. These programs have been selected by content specialists as representative of the field and available for test purposes in connection with the regional network of Computers at…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry
Alabama Univ., University. Inst. of Higher Education Research and Services. – 1973
The Rural Junior College Development Consortium was formed, with the assistance of Title III, to help the six participating rural junior colleges improve the delivery of educational services to low-income students and the rural community. The six institutions are Cullman College, Northeast Alabama State Junior College, Snead State Junior College,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Lyne, Evelyn – 1972
Project VIII is an innovative behavioral science-oriented educational program for potential dropouts. It is designed to reduce the dropout rate in grades 9 through 12, increase attendance in grades 7 through 12, decrease discipline referrals and suspensions, increase reading and math achievement in grades 3 through 11, and improve the student's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Consortia, Counseling Services
Heathers, Glen – 1972
The Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh, as part of a consortium of 15 educational agencies, is the prime contractor for a project to design, conduct, and diffuse training programs for educational R & D personnel. Four training programs in the areas of curriculum development and the design and conduct of local…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Consortia, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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McLeod, Marshall W. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1977
Describes a project designed to explore, define and assess the capability of four-year colleges to work cooperatively with the community colleges in the planning and development of allied health programs. (DC)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Consortia, Coordination
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Clarke, Jack A.; Henige, David – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1984
Presents two differing perspectives on materials in Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), which provides ethnographic data to member institutions on paper slips or microfilm cards: focus on HRAF and supporting tools as data retrieval system; practical promise and limitations of HRAF materials as they relate to African cultures. (11 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Ethnography, Higher Education
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Cubbin, Sharon M.; McCrary, Richard D. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1985
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…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Consortia
Harper, Mike – Media in Education and Development, 1985
Describes the development and operation of a program which develops and presents training materials to school laboratory technicians through distance education techniques. Coordinated at Canterbury College of Technology, where it originated, the project has become a consortium with four additional members. (MBR)
Descriptors: Consortia, Continuing Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Turner, Judith Axler – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
With computers rivaling books and journals as information sources, academic libraries must learn to use computers and other technology as information tools. Some colleges have already developed consortia and other intercollegiate arrangements, but costs and the information explosion slow this process for many. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Consortia, Costs
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Thomson, Judith Jarvis; And Others – Academe, 1983
An American Association of University Professors report gives a brief history of corporate-university funding relationships, surveys the kinds of arrangements under which faculty are currently cooperating with business, describes the related concerns of interest to the association, and makes recommendations. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education
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Miller, Arthur H., Jr. – Catholic Library World, 1983
Discussion of Illinois experiences in library cooperation and computerization (OCLC, Library Computer System, LIBRAS) describes use of library materials, benefits and drawbacks of online networking, experiences at Lake Forest College (Illinois), and six tasks recommended for small academic libraries as preparation for major changes toward…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Costs, Higher Education
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