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PROJECT: Advancing the Efficacy of Diverse Higher Education Academic Alliances
2003-2006 U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Comprehensive Grant

Project Abstract
The project was designed to support the implementation of multi-institutional academic programs and partnerships. Participating collaborative projects are: 1) Community Development multidisciplinary and multi-institutional master's degree; 2) Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System multi-institutional program teams; 3) Kansas Early Childhood Higher Education Options; and 4) 1890s Land Grant University Human Sciences Alliance.

During Year One, the project leaders will identify and orient collaborators and document need for proposed interinstitutional programs. They will develop programs, analyze and adjust institutional policies and practices, train participant teams including faculty, department heads, academic deans, graduate deans, chief financial officers, registrars, and continuing/distance education directors.

In Year Two, the project will secure institutional approval for multi-institutional programs, establish practices to support multi-institutional programs, formalize the alliances.

During Year Three, project leaders will finalize programs and admit students; develop alliance and institutional Internet access for prospective and current students; implement alliance data sharing, financial system, and implement practices to sustain the alliance and the program. An Institute for Academic Alliances will be established at Kansas State University. Findings from the project will be disseminated.

Throughout the project, participants will receive consultation from the project staff, participate in training and planning meetings, and have access to online materials to support the development and implementation of multi-institutional programs. At the end of the project, each partner collaborative endeavor will have a sustainable multi-institutional program in place.

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