Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPISU) offered in Richmond (Virginia) a cooperative graduate program to prepare inservice administrators to act as change agents in Richmond-area schools. This paper considers the program's purposes, development, implementation, and future. Section I reviews the program's development, discussing (1) its rationale; (2) its design in 1979 by VPISU, Virginia Commonwealth University, and selected Richmond public schools; (3) its objectives and organization; (4) the system used to approve the program; (5) the committee that managed the program; and (6) program evaluation. Section II discusses the benefits and problems of the program, lists forces working for and against its success, and describes its schedule and the participants' progress. Finally, Section III speculates on the future of the program and proposes means to overcome anticipated problems. (MCG)