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The article explores the topic of university partnerships, academic cooperation and the sharing of resources. The article suggests that schools can expand their fields of research and teaching through partnerships. Partnerships can include the merging of public-safety departments between schools, shared information networks such as the one organized by the University of Chicago, and linking classrooms through distance-learning and online courses. Other topics include student-transfer agreements, collaboration, and articulation agreements.

Focuses on the increasing number of universities that are venturing in the real estate business in the U.S. Factors that influenced academic institutions to venture into real estate; Benefits of developing university land; Implications of the partnership between universities and corporations in real estate development.

The article discusses how colleges strapped for cash and without a clear path out of its financial instability are adopting alternative strategies to bring in revenue and cut expenses. It cites Ashland University where a tuition reset and new academic programs are used to entice new students as other colleges lay off employees and form partnerships with other institutions in an effort to bounce back. It notes that small private colleges relying heavily on tuition fee face the greatest hardship.

The article states that land-rich colleges are taking advantage of new ways to develop their holdings through corporate partnerships. The author states that under these partnerships colleges usually retain the long-term ownership of their real estate while private investors build or operate a facility on the property. The author explains that this generates revenue for the college as well as the investor. The article also discusses privatized student housing, commercial development, and retirement communities.

The article offers a look at Google Inc.'s controversial book-digitalization project. The Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, has announced that it will join Google's project as the company's first partner in the effort from a non-English-speaking country. Hundreds of thousands of works, including books by Miguel de Cervantes and Pedro Calderón de la Barca, will be converted into fully searchable electronic texts. Other institutions that have agreed to a partnership include Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and the University of Oxford.

This article reports that with a $5-million commitment, Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Search division is joining universities and its online-search rival Yahoo! Inc. in a consortium dedicated to scanning millions of public-domain books. The company's pledge will pay for the scanning of 150,000 volumes. The consortium is called the Open Content Alliance. Since then, 14 more universities have also joined, promising to contribute money, books, or services to the project. The original members of the alliance include the University of California, the University of Toronto, and several archives and technology companies. The consortium's approach stands in stark contrast to that of Google's Library Project, which is scanning both books in the public domain and books still covered by copyright.

Poses three questions that should be considered by universities and companies to ensure that their research and development partnership take place with a minimum friction. Accuracy of the term used to define their relationships; Extent of information to share with each other; Way to settle the issue over the owner of the results of the research.

Reports on the partnership of Internet search engine, Google with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other universities in the world to introduce a project which provides a way to search the institutions' collections of scholarly papers in 2004. Statement from Mackenzie Smith, associate director for technology for MIT libraries regarding the project; Significance of Google's long indexed university Web pages for the project.

Reports on the partnership between New York City's New School University and Britain's Open University to develop distance education programs and expand both institutions' markets in North America and Europe in 2002. Commercial arm of the British institution; Reason for the closure of the U.S. Open University.

Discusses the implications of a report on the barriers that inadequate U.S. student aid poses for hard-working and talented young people who want to enter and complete college, conducted by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. Details on financial barriers; Effect on the U.S. economy; Factors to consider when providing financial aid to improve college access; Views on sectoral partnership to make college education affordable.

Presents news briefs on universties around the world as of December 2000. Partnership between Princeton University and University of Oxford; Efforts of Russia's government to retain scientists and highly skilled professionals; Cooperation between Tokyo Metropolitan University and Chuo University.

The article reports on the plan of Regent's College in London, England to break away from its American parent institution, Rockford College. According to Regent's director John Kelly, Regent's is seeking a partnership with another American institution. However, Rockford's officials are saying that they have no plans of severing ties with Regent's.

The article presents information about the merger of the American Alumni Council and the American College Public Relations Association. Officials informed that merger discussions have been going on for 20 years that were followed by opinion surveys, information campaigns underwritten by grants of $20,000 from the U.S. Steel Foundation and $38,300 from the Kellogg Foundation.

In this article, the author assesses the partnerships entered by colleges and universities with industries in the U.S. in 1983. These partnerships focused on research and development leading to new products and technology. The author discusses the goals of this industry-university cooperation. Some factors which contributed to the success of this cooperation are indicated. Moreover, the author features a number of educational activities that involve industries.

This article focuses on a meeting of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems wherein university and corporate leaders in the U.S. shared information about partnerships. Deals were negotiated by universities and corporations to conduct research in high-technology and energy-related areas. The university partners of Westinghouse are identified.

Reports on the partnership of higher education and corporate world. Distinction between industrial orientation and industrial values; Radicalism of the society in 1960; Impact of industrial connections on academic freedom.