Explores ways in which community development can be integrated into community colleges through their outreach programs, such as community services and community education. Clarifies the importance of the role of community development in community colleges and the relative ease with which it can be incorporated. (NRJ)

Considers the relationship of community development to the basic educational functions of the community college and outlines some of the institutional, national, and state policy questions and issues pertinent to the implementation of the community development function. (AYC)

This interview with David Pierce, the President of the American Association of Community Colleges, addresses a series of questions related to institutional citizenship. Topics include: what institutional citizenship means; colleges can be effective institutional citizens; whether extra money or staff are required; and why it is important and what…

Enumerates ways institutions can benefit from faculty involvement in community development. Sees community involvement as one way to meet faculty members' need for job enrichment. Identifies possible community development activities, requisite skills, and ways instructors can develop these skills. (DMM)

This document examines incentives and obstacles to partnerships between nonprofit organizations and community colleges. Aside from some service learning collaborations, partnerships between community colleges and nonprofit groups are rare. Reasons include: (1) many community college administrators bring a private-sector orientation with them from…

Defines "community development" as the creation of an enlightened, involved, learning citizenry. Concludes that its beneficiaries include participants who learn social and political skills; the community which has its problems solved and troubles ameliorated or diverted; and the facilitating institution, which grows through new alliances and…

Presents a series of quotations from business and educational leaders about the declining human condition. Defines community; community development; and learning, focusing particularly on the characteristics of innovative learning. Lists six goals for community colleges in light of the need to improve the human condition and promote innovative…

Cites literature published in the 1970s illustrating the long-held goal of integrating community services and continuing education into the mission of the community college. Argues that the goal has been realized. Urges community service educators to become leaders of the movement to help communities become self-renewing through outreach and…

Ron Lippitt discusses the possibility of using community development theories and strategies as a research perspective for studying new ways to govern and manage community colleges. Contrasts community development and organizational development, identifies key reference sources, and highlights strategies that might lead to productive start-ups and…

Discusses the community college's role in providing continuing/lifelong education, with respect to an increasing emphasis on lifelong learning; greater diversity in student populations; demands for accountability; and cooperative arrangements with other institutions of higher education, community agencies, and business and industry. (AYC)

Relates the question of whether community colleges should provide continuing or community education to issues of educational finance. Contrasts the public's demand for continuing education with its unwillingness to provide financial support for these programs. Urges community colleges to act as a viable, responsive part of the community. (AYC)

Outlines the development of a leadership-training center at James Sprunt Community College. A community-based programming (CBP) model was followed to encourage community input, support, and participation in the process. CBP is recommended as a way for other colleges to collaborate with their communities on issue definition and resolution. (VWC)

Explores community analysis as a community resource development base. Examines and classifies community elements necessarily included in community improvement plans: associations, institutions, agencies, businesses, constituencies, and individual effecters. Lists questions involved in determining the community's state of health and the uses of the…

Trustees from four prototypical community-based institutions in Virginia, Colorado, and Florida discuss how community and junior colleges serve the needs of their communities. Concerns include community access, responsiveness to change, and diverse opportunities. (DMM)

Presents an interview with the President-Designate of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges in which Parnell discusses community services, continuing education, and community development with respect to needs for national policies, legislation, and institutional support; potential new roles; and individual college programs…