Higher Education Consortia: Selected Articles, Books and Dissertations
Published 1996-September 2005
Articles
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Keywords: interinstitutional cooperation, cooperation, consortia, consortium, consortial, partnership/s
Controlled vocabulary corresponding to keywords: (Postsecondary Education or Education, higher) AND (educational cooperation or partnerships in education or cooperation or consortia or partnership or consortium).
Case Study of a Service-Learning Partnership: Montana Tech and the
Montana State Prison. By: Amtmann, John; Powers, Jack; Evans,
Roberta. Journal of Correctional Education, Mar2002, Vol. 53 Issue
1, p23-27, 5p; Abstract: Partnerships between educational
institutions and others exist in K-12 and higher education. They
exist between schools and private businesses. universities and
assorted nonprofit agencies, and between separate educational
institutions. Recognizing the growing influence of higher education
programs in service-learning situations, this research focused on
one such partnership that exists between Montana Tech of The
University of Montana and the Montana Department of Corrections.
This article will focus on one of the major research questions,
student perceptions of a service-learning partnership, that was
addressed in an original research project that focused on a wellness
program at the Montana State Prison. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; (AN
11096542)
School-University Collaboration: Disadvantaged Pupils and Higher
Education. By: Barak, Moshe. Education & Society, 2005, Vol. 23
Issue 1, p43-56, 14p; Abstract: This article addresses the potential
of joint high school-university programs to improve education in
disadvantaged areas, and promote talented pupils to higher
education. The observed program provided complementary studies and
enrichment activities to 10th-12th grades pupils from seven schools.
Data was collected through documenting the mentors' meetings with
the teachers and principals, interviews with pupils, and feedback
questionnaires. The study showed that cooperation between the school
and university is significant not just for improving learning
design, but also for building the confidence of pupils, teachers,
and school collectively, that achieving university entrance is a
realistic target. However, the effectiveness of compensatory
studies, enrichment activities, or teacher tutoring, primarily
depends on adapting the program to the context of each school and
building trustworthy cooperation between school staff and university
partners, rather then by top-down decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR];
The Burnsie Phenomenon. By: Barone, Carole A.. Educause Review,
Mar/Apr2004, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p60-60, 1p; Abstract: Focuses on the
Burnsie phenomenon regarding the use of information technology (IT)
in U.S. higher education. Origin of the phenomenon; Influences of IT
on higher education; Partnership of the National Learning
Infrastructure Initiative with the IMS Global Learning Consortium
and others.; (AN 12859959)
Consortium Purchasing. By: Bishop, Jake E.. New Directions for
Higher Education, Winter2002 Issue 120, p81, 8p; Abstract: Discusses
the need for consortiums on the field of purchasing in higher
education. History of purchasing consortiums in the U.S.; Functions
of a purchasing consortia; Suggestions on starting a consortia.; (AN
9181382)
Heads of Romanian and U.SUniversities Explore Ways to Increase
Cooperation. By: Bollag, Burton. Chronicle of Higher Education,
11/19/99, Vol. 46 Issue 13, pA70, 3/4p, 2c; Abstract: Focuses on a
meeting of the leaders of Romanian and United States universities to
foster academic cooperation between the two countries. The
conference, called 'The University and the Challenges of the New
Millennium'; The organizers of the meeting; What the meeting
accomplished and hopes to accomplish in the future; Problems with
schools in Romania.; (AN 2485716)
World's Higher-Education Leaders Map Strategies for the 21st
Century. By: Bollag, Burton. Chronicle of Higher Education,
10/23/98, Vol. 45 Issue 9, pA61, 2p, 2c; Abstract: Comments on the
first World Conference on Higher Education which was held in Paris,
France in October 1998. Countries represented at the meeting;
Adoption of a `Declaration on Higher Education for the Twenty-first
Century: Vision and Action'; The documents usefulness in formulating
policy; Indications of the conference's high attendance; Society
having a responsibility to finance the education of those who could
benefit from it, but not afford it; Calls for international controls
on the use of information technology.; (AN 1200549)
University Students Learn by Helping At-Risk Elementary School
Students: "Team Lincoln" By: Butcher, Dawn Anderson; Hall, Evelyn.
Social Work in Education, Jul98, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p191-202, 12p, 2
charts; Abstract: In the search for solutions to help at-risk
youths, there has been a movement toward integration of various
types of services within educational systems. Because of limited
resources, it is especially imperative for institutions of higher
education to develop partnerships with communities and schools. On
the basis of this philosophy, the University of Utah College of
Health (COH) and a Salt Lake City urban elementary school have
formed a partnership to serve youths who are at risk. Team Lincoln
was created to provide a program of organized recess activities for
450 at-risk children in grades 1 through 6. This article describes
and evaluates the Team Lincoln school-based service learning
program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; (AN 800725)
Libraries' Consortium Conundrum. By: Carlson, Scott. Chronicle of
Higher Education, 10/10/2003, Vol. 50 Issue 7, pA30, 2p, 1c;
Abstract: Focuses on the consortia used by university libraries in
dealing with publishers in the U.S. Benefits of consortia to St.
AmbroseUniversity library's information technology; Competition
between big and small consortia; Purpose of developing consortia.;
International Cooperation in Higher Education: Theory and Practice.
By: Wendy W. Y. Chan. Journal of Studies in International Education,
Mar2004, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p32-55, 24p; Abstract: The massification of
higher education beginning in the 1960s and increasing
market-isation of education have quickened the pace and, in some
cases, changed the nature of international university cooperation.
Today, universities form linkages with each other for one reason or
another, but most important, they strike alliance in order to be
able to compete. Massification and marketisation of higher education
have led to severe competition, and globalisation has also led to
more and more strategic alliances among multiple partners across
national borders. Coupled with the advancement of information
technology, the forces of globalisation have transformed the
concepts of time and space, and universities are now operating
across spatio-temporal boundaries. But what are the models and
approaches to international university cooperation today? Under what
circumstances are institutional linkages most likely to succeed or
fail? What are some of the strategies involved? What kinds of
organisational structures are needed? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
A New Wealth of Opportunities Overseas. By: Chapman, David W.;
Claffey, Joan M.. Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/25/98, Vol. 45
Issue 5, pB6, 1p; Abstract: Discusses how colleges and universities
in the United States can help their foreign counterparts through
their expertise in strategic planning, applied research and
extension activities. Risks involved in helping higher education in
developing countries; Examples of projects that have become
beneficial to developing countries.; (AN 1269100)
Finding Answers to Diet-Related Illness in the Delta. By: Core, Jim.
Agricultural Research, Jun2004, Vol. 52 Issue 6, p4-6, 3p, 4c;
Abstract: Focuses on the Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition
Intervention Research Initiative (Delta NIRI) which is a partnership
between the U.S. Agricultural Research Service and several
institutions of higher education to determine the nutrition-related
health of the population bordering the Mississippi River in
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Objective behind the creation
of the Delta NIRI by the U.S. Congress; List of institutions that
Delta NIRI has teamed up with; Ways by which the consortium
researchers have advanced their goals.; (AN 13476789)
SUNY Colleges in the North Country: A Successful Partnership with
the Military. By: Corsica, Joanne Y.; Johnson, Donald R.; Lancaster,
Wanda Rushing. New Directions for Higher Education, Winter2002 Issue
120, p73, 8p; Abstract: Focuses on the successful partnership of the
StateUniversity of New York (SUNY) Colleges in the North Country
Consortium with the U.S. Army. Institutions comprising the SUNY
College in North Country; Objectives of the partnership; Critical
factors involved in the creation and ongoing maintenance of the
relationship.
EDITORS' NOTES. By: Dotolo, Lawrence G.; Strandness, Jean T.. New
Directions for Higher Education, Summer99 Issue 106, p1, 2p;
Abstract: Discusses the interest of colleges and universities to
consortial enterprises in the U.S. Benefits of a consortia to higher
education; Resources shared by an academic consortia, including
libraries.; (AN 9179850)
Faculty Development: Working Together to Improve Teaching and
Learning. By: Dotolo, Lawrence G.. New Directions for Higher
Education, Summer99 Issue 106, p51, 7p; Abstract: Talks about
faculty development in a consortia of higher education. Involvement
of the Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education in faculty
development; Reasons for the consortium to be considered as an
alternative to college faculty development programs; Factors that
contributed to the success of the faculty program of the
consortium.; (AN 9179821)
Partnerships with K--12 Education. By: Druckman, Roseanne; Peterson,
Lorna M.; Thrasher, M. Sue. New Directions for Higher Education,
Winter2002 Issue 120, p11, 8p; Abstract: Focuses on the K-12
partnerships and alliances formed by higher education consortia that
link with individual public schools and their school systems.
Description of the diversity of partnerships; Information on the
Five CollegePublic School Partnership; Conclusion.; (AN 9181405)
The Power and Difficulty of University-Community Collaboration. By:
Eccles, Jacquelynne S.. Journal of Research on Adolescence (Lawrence
Erlbaum), 1996, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p81-86, 6p; Abstract: This article
focuses on difficulties of the university-community collaborations.
These projects provide a model of the kinds of collaborative efforts
that are needed to salvage the image of public higher education.
Particular attention is being focused on their relationship with the
communities and states in which they reside. Both citizens and
legislators are frustrated with the cost of public higher education,
especially in light of the growing concern about the appropriate use
of public funds. Citizens are asking university presidents to
justify both their current budgets and their requests for increasing
public funds in terms of what the university is providing in return
for the citizens' investments.; (AN 17644415)
All colleges should embrace international collaboration. By: Green,
Madeleine F.. Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/19/97, Vol. 44 Issue
17, pB6, 1p, 1c; Abstract: Focuses on the challenges of
international contact between institutions of higher education, and
the opportunity it affords to being a learner as well as a teacher.
Issues for international collaboration, such as promoting access
through distance learning; Investment in information technology; A
cost effective system preserving institutional diversity without
duplication.; (AN 9712193107)
Higher Education Gets Down to Business. By: Harney, John O.; Doan,
Lynn. Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher
Education, Winter2003, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p11, 2p; Abstract: Discusses
the rise in partnerships between campuses and corporations in New
England, as of Winter 2003. Examples of business and higher
education partnerships; Benefits and risks; Attitudes on the issue
of fair involvement of businesses in higher education.; (AN 8869998)
The International Consortium for Educational Development in Higher
Education - ICED. International Journal for Academic Development,
Nov99, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p159, 1p; Abstract: Reports on the meetings
of the International Consortium for Educational Development in
Higher Education (ICED). History and aims of ICED; Topics tackled
during the meetings; Profile of the organizers.
Bridging the Great Divide Between Secondary Schools And
Postsecondary Education. By: Kirst, Michael; Venezia, Andrea. Phi
Delta Kappan, Sep2001, Vol. 83 Issue 1, p92, 6p; Abstract: Discusses
themes in K-16 collaboration projects in the United States, which
aim to better connect secondary and higher education. Why there has
been little connection between K-12 and higher education; Problems
created by a lack of coordinated standards between the two levels;
Need to improve access to college-preparatory courses in high school
and remedial-level course work in college; Conflicting conceptions
of student assessment and other problems; Suggestions for improving
collaboration.; (AN 5107343)
Commentary. By: Kong, Lily. Environment & Planning A, Jul2003, Vol.
35 Issue 7, p1143-1150, 8p; Abstract: Comments on the possibilities
of institutional collaborations in universities. Forms of
institutional collaboration; Interuniversity relations;
Collaboration of universities with the government and industry.
Expanding Resources: Benefits to Colleges and Universities. By:
Larrance, Anneke J.. New Directions for Higher Education, Winter2002
Issue 120, p3, 7p; Abstract: Focuses on the role of consortia in the
effort of universities and colleges to leverage resources. Factors
that impede the success of any effort to leverage resources;
Examples of consortia that offer different opportunities for
leveraging human resources; Discussion on the ways to leveraging
resources.;
International Coalition Plans New University for Asian Women. By:
Lin-Liu, Jen. Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/22/2002, Vol. 48
Issue 28, pA43, 1/2p; Abstract: Discusses the plan of an
international coalition to create the AsianUniversity for Women.
Plans for the university; Funding for the university; Components of
the university's academic advisory committee; Role of higher
education in Asia.)
Commentary. By: Mitchell, K.. Environment & Planning A, Mar1999,
Vol. 31 Issue 3, p381, 8p; Abstract: Discusses the entry of
corporate partnership into higher education in the United States.
Intensification of corporate connections in higher education;
Factors which led to the transformation of higher education;
Important step in resisting wholesale educational restructuring.;
National Groups Join Forces to Improve College Access. Black Issues
in Higher Education, 6/5/2003, Vol. 20 Issue 8, p10, 2/5p; Abstract:
Announces the partnership of the American Association of Community
Colleges and the American Association of State Colleges and
Universities to improve student access to college education.
Barriers to college education; Aim of the group; Grant to the Access
to the Baccalaureate project.; (AN 9989246)
Facilitating Economic Development Through Strategic Alliances. By:
Noftsinger Jr., John B.. New Directions for Higher Education,
Winter2002 Issue 120, p19, 10p; Abstract: Examines the role of
higher education in economic and security causes through strategic
alliances. Description of higher education as a critical national
infrastructure; Function of higher education as a vehicle for
economic development; Analysis of programmatic examples of economic
development alliances.
At Many California Colleges, Students Get a Deal on Microsoft
Software. By: Olsen, Florence. Chronicle of Higher Education,
9/26/2003, Vol. 50 Issue 5, pA48, 1/4p; Abstract: Reports on the
licensing and online-sales agreement formed by software company
Microsoft Corp. with a number of higher education consortia in
California, as of September 2003. Terms of the deal; Consortia
involved in the agreement; Benefits posed to college students.; (AN
11017722)
New Illinois academic library consortium formed. By: Orphan,
Stephanie. College & Research Libraries News, Jul/Aug2005, Vol. 66
Issue 7, p509-509, 1/5p; Abstract: Reports that the Illinois
Cooperative Collection Management Program, the Illinois Digital
Academic Library and the Illinois Library Computer Systems
Organization have consolidated to form a consortium to serve the
higher education community in the state.; (AN 17600817)
Partners for International Education. TribalCollege, Summer2005,
Vol. 16 Issue 4, p28-31, 4p; Abstract: This article focuses on
matters related to American Indian Higher Education Consortium
(AIHEC).Over the past 5 years, the AIHEC has helped organize and
sponsor two international conferences where tribal colleges and
universities met potential partners for international projects. The
Globalization of TribalColleges and Universities International
Conference in August 2000 was supported by the National Association
of StateUniversities and Land-Grant College, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development.; (AN
17159430)
Moving From Placement to Community Partner: A Three-Hatted View. By:
Pearson, Nelda K.. Journal of Public Affairs, 2002 Supplement 1,
Vol. 6, p183, 20p; Abstract: Discusses Democratic Community
Development as a model for good community-campus partnerships.
Outline of a working model for partnerships; Views on the issue of
placement and partnership from three different but overlapping
perspectives; Recommendations on strategies for incubating good
community/campus placements.; (AN 8657856)
Creating a Focus for the Engaged Institution: K-12 Science and Math
Reform. By: Ramaley, Judith A.. Journal of Public Affairs, 2002
Supplement 1, Vol. 6, p139, 21p; Abstract: Discusses the barriers to
the collaboration between U.S. higher education and K-12 and
examines the conditions that promote and sustain collaborative work.
Reasons for the move of several colleges and universities to form
partnerships with their communities; Views on the treatment of
engagement as an avenue to transformational change; Strategies to
encourage faculty toward engaged forms of scholarship and teaching.;
Higher Education Middleware Security Group Formed. By: Roach,
Ronald. Black Issues in Higher Education, 8/12/2004, Vol. 21 Issue
13, p35-35, 1/3p; Abstract: Reports on the partnership formed by
higher education associations and state university systems entitled
Extending the Reach (ETR). Efforts of the groups to discover the
function of middleware software tools in strengthening identity and
access management of schools; Associations and university systems
that are included in the partnership; Background on ETR; Middleware
services included in the ETR program.; (AN 14234665)
The Promise of Partnership and Continuities of Dependence: External
Support to Higher Education in Africa. By: Samoff, Joel; Carrol,
Bidemi. African Studies Review, Apr2004, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p67-199,
133p, 5 charts; Abstract: After a period of conscious neglect and
dramatic deterioration, higher education in Africa is again
attracting external attention, with an emphasis now on
‘partnerships’ rather than ‘aid.’ This report is based on an
extensive survey of links between African institutions of higher
education and foreign governments, foundations, and universities,
with particular emphasis on links with the United States. In it, we
explore the evolution, characteristics, promise, and problems of
external support. Earlier, most African universities were linked to
European institutions. With independence, they asserted their
sovereignty and autonomy. By the 1980s, however, resources were
inadequate nearly everywhere. Today, renewed attention may bring new
funds, yet it also may bring new problems. Academic partnerships are
often one-sided, and external support commonly carries conditions.
By framing, organizing, and orienting the academic enterprise and