These proceedings consist of papers delivered at a conference on the development of a working partnership involving business, industry, and education. Included in the proceedings are the texts of the following papers: "Business Doing Business with Schools: Does It Make Cents and Sense," by Edward J. Meade, Jr.; "Twenty Years of Changing Values: Its Impact on Education and Support from the Private Sector," by Arthur H. White; "Each Partner Gains, No Partner Loses," by Donald R. Walker; "Education and Training: The Undefined Intersection," by Gordon Ambach; "Let's Do It Right the First Time Around," by William A. Southworth; "Educators to Join Government, Labor, Business Coalition in Rhode Island," by Arthur J. Markos; and "General Electric's Education Outreach," by Walter G. Keating. Concluding the proceedings is a summary of the presentations. (MN)