Published Essays and Testimony

• "Empowering Teachers as Colleagues," an article written by Institute Director James R. Vivian, appeared originally in "College-School Collaboration: Appraising the Major Approaches" (1985). According to the editor, "the Institute demonstrates that the gap often presumed to exist between university faculty and school teachers can be bridged by building an intensive, long-term collaboration to focus on subjects deemed most important by teachers for strengthening their own teaching."

• "Yale University: The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute," also written by James R. Vivian, was published by the MLA in 1986 in "School-College Collaborative Programs in English" and describes some early Institute seminars in languages and literature, including studies of a particular genre, interdisciplinary approaches to history and literature, thematic approaches to literature, and approaches to teaching writing.

• "Yale University and the New Haven Public Schools: Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute," by James R. Vivian

• "Issues in Establishing, Developing, and Evaluating an Educational Collaboration: The Yale-New Haven Experience" is a 1986 essay by Institute Director James R. Vivian addressing some of the issues raised by individuals considering how they might adapt the Institute's program to their own educational settings. An earlier version of this essay appeared in "Education and Urban Society" (November 1986).

• In a panel on Partnerships and the Community, held at the State University of New York in 1987, James R. Vivian spoke about the principles of the Institute's program in New Haven, its history and concept, and its significance to Yale University.

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