Question - Consortium

A number of agricultural and science students from several area colleges, junior colleges and a university have joined together to form a consortium to develop a plan for land and water use for the local farming community. Upon completion of the plan, the consortium plans on delivering information to farmers via a number of means, including a website, informational pamphlets, and an outreach office that will be staffed by students from the participating colleges and university. The consortium does not intend to generate revenue from these activities, but questions already have arisen with regard to which of the institutions may post the land and water use plan on their official school websites; which individual consortium members will be able to present and distribute consortium materials at conferences; and which individual consortium members, if any, will be able to use consortium materials for independent study credit in their degree programs. What rules apply?

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It's up to the college of education and the high school. Collaboration/partnership agreements, by their very nature, are flexible. If the collaboration/partnership agreement currently in place does not address revenue sharing (perhaps such a clause was not included because the parties never intended to develop a marketable product), the agreement can be revised to address it now. The dean and the representatives from the high school can work together to devise an addendum to the contract that delineates their intentions with regard to potential revenues.