Cooperative Doctoral Programs: Georgia's Solution for Conserving Scarce Resources

Johnson and his colleagues describe the joint ventures between a large state university and three public senior col leges in the development and imple mentation of cooperative residential doctoral programs. These programs, which have been in existence for five years, are highly cost effective com pared to the alternative of granting uni versity status to numerous state col leges. They also provide economical and quality educational opportunities to student populations that previously have not had access to doctoral level work.