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Meeting Educational Needs through Partnerships and Collaboration (Chapter Five) page 53 ♦ Higher education institutions will work as partners with one another and with other entities whenever appropriate to share resources and deliver programs cooperatively to enhance learning opportunities for Nebraska residents. ♦ Higher education will work effectively with elementary and secondary schools to improve teaching and learning at all levels of education and to facilitate the transition from one level of education to another.

Kansas State University: Offering a Course for Credit through the Division of Continuing Education Kansas State University, five Regents universities and Washburn University are assigned to geographic service areas within the state. It is possible to offer credit courses outside K-State's geographic jurisdiction (see map in University Policies Section); however, the process requires a minimum of six weeks. This time period is necessary for Board of Regents approval, as well as effective advertising. The exceptions to this rule are specialty programs unique to K-State, such as Adult and Continuing Education, Agriculture Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences.

Through the summer Study Abroad program, students take classes from UNL faculty in Brazil, France, Italy or China and receive credit for special courses not available during the regular school year, such as Portuguese and the History of Science and Technology. Participants also work on independent study projects related to their majors and spend one week sightseeing and learning the country's culture. They can also take Engineering Technical Electives and get ahead in ther degree.

Priorities Education: To prepare our graduates to become leaders in a profession dominated by globalization, our students will have increasing opportunities for international experiences. Academic opportunities involving biology will be provided in all majors and programs, undergraduate and graduate, in recognition of the vital role played by biological science and technology in, for example, health care, the food supply, industrial processing, energy development, and environmental management. Priorities: Infrastructure We will employ the most advanced collaborative information technologies and business practices to best position ourselves to take advantage of new opportunities and to increase our operational efficiency.