This report discusses the impact of organizational context on the nature of instructional development programs and on the role of instructional developers. This paper describes the effort of a consortium of higher education institutions, the New Hampshire College and University Council (NHCUC) to establish an instructional development program. Reasons for attempting a consortium instructional development program, a brief description of the NHCUC and an overview of the consortium movement are provided as a framework for discussion of the issues and questions related to the implementation of a consortium instructional development program. (Author)
