Describes the development of a new institutional infrastructure for service coordination in a Chicago university-community-school partnership project. Examines convening and goal-structuring processes, institutional interests and reward systems, relations to external environments, communication linkages, and institutional conventions.…

The Larry Jarret House is a one-week in-residence program of the Helen Beebe Speech and Hearing Center in Easton, Pennsylvania, for parents of children with hearing impairments. The program is designed to help parents maximize their child's use of residual hearing in daily life situations to develop spoken language. (JDD)

Describes a research project in a third-grade classroom that explored a spontaneous, bottom-up approach to developing and testing performance measures. After establishing project goals for reading and math instruction, the 14 participating teachers worked with University of Colorado researchers to develop summarizing activities, open-ended math…

Advice is offered for making the children of alumni welcome at campus events and reunions, illustrated with the experiences of several colleges. Suggestions include cooperating with the campus legal office concerning risk and liability of child care, using community facilities that cater to children, starting small and expanding with success, and…

With local Cooperative Extension agents serving as a bridge between university-based researchers and local community members, the PRIDE Project's collaborative activities have included building university-community relationships; carrying out needs assessments, program planning, and program evaluation research; and conducting policy seminars at…

Describes the rise in esteem of Harvard's black studies program resulting from and starting with the appointment of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., as the department's chair. The paper examines the beginnings of the Harvard program in the late 1960s, the faculty resistance, and Gate's actions in revitalizing the department. (GR)

Discusses a mentoring model as a resource for lesbian and gay adolescents in foster care. The authors apply known successful program elements to the design of a model mentoring program for lesbian and gay adolescents. The program is meant to alleviate problems of isolation, stigmatization, and lack of positive lesbian and gay role models. (GR)

Fund-raising auctions and related dinners produced by a private school, a community college, and a state university alumni association are described. Profiles include details of location, budget, proceeds, and reasons the events were successful. (MSE)

Describes development of the nonprofit Hug-a Book program to provide preschool sites in impoverished areas of Chicago with quality children's literature. The program assists teachers in planning curricula and literacy-rich environments and helps parents in making books a part of their homes. Suggests appropriate books and criteria for their…

Presents a case study of the development of a multicultural-education class in Minnesota that was designed to help preservice teachers make their future classrooms multicultural. It briefly highlights the development of a college and school collaborative, presents student reactions to the program, and reveals follow-up activities to expand the…

This article discusses the critical elements of educational partnerships including leadership, communication, and planning for program development. The Cooperative Alliance for Gifted Education involving Kent State University (Ohio), Cleveland Public Schools, and International Business Machines is described, especially the Joint Partnership…

This paper describes an academically rigorous, curricular-based continuing pharmaceutical education program, developed at Purdue University, that includes both didactic and experiential components. The model has three components: the acquisition of knowledge, the development of skills, and the application of knowledge and skills to practice. (GLR)

Conducted study to assess nature and extent of alcohol consumption by college students and to make recommendation about university responses to alcohol use and abuse on campus. Students (n=247) completed questionnaires assessing various alcohol-related issues. Results were used to guide in planning and implementation of alcohol education,…

This article suggests three broad categories of exceptionally able children, discusses the needs of exceptional students for recognition and understanding, and outlines several approaches to identification and provision. A whole-school approach is advocated for provision of education to gifted students, and a "mind-map" of such provision is…

The Brunel University (England) education department worked with evaluation teams from two local education authorities to develop a faculty development program for local colleges. The origins, design, implementation, and response to the modular program are described as is the "in house consultancy" model developed by the program. (MSE)