Based on the need for mutual cooperation to achieve common goals, partnerships between public schools and colleges are being established throughout the United States. In communities with successful partnerships, educational programs are being enhanced; education itself is seen as a continuum from preschool through college and recognized as a joint responsibility of both institutions. Recruiting high school students into higher education often becomes a secondary benefit for the colleges involved. After summarizing five principles underlying successful collaborative ventures, this paper describes an "Adopt a Classroom" project linking Texas Tech University (TTU) and Lubbock Independent School District (LISD). The project plans to make Texas Tech faculty members available to individual teachers and classrooms in LISD during the 1986-87 academic year. Each faculty member has been matched with an appropriate LISD teacher and will (1) serve as a general classroom resource, exchange teacher, and role model; (2) help high school students make the transition to college; (3) recruit students to TTU; and (4) develop other suitable activities. One added benefit may be recruitment of minority students. As students interact regularly with engineers, scientists, lawyers, artists, philosophers, and others, new interests are bound to be stimulated. Both university and school faculty will receive appropriate recognition for their contribution to the program. (MLH)