Successes and setbacks of 14 school-university partnerships in the National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) are discussed in relation to the general characteristics of individual and institutional change cycles. Six observed problems related to achieving NNER agenda are as follows: (1) misunderstandings about the agenda; (2) diversity of individual partnership objectives; (3) conflict between process and substance; (4) resistance to change; (5) leadership styles and objectives; and (6) information dissemination. Organizational development is discussed according to five stages: getting organized, early successes, waiting for results, major successes and expansions, and mature partnership. developmental stages are discussed and recommendation are made for topics of further inquiry. (10 references) (LMI)