This report examined the role of the community college in personal and community development through adult education. Legislation, resulting from current social dissatisfaction, calls for publicizing postsecondary, real-world education. Teachers and students can fill this need by educating the public on the value and nature of offerings at…

From no action to co-action through cooperation should become a maxim for community educators in community colleges, local school districts, universities, and all agencies concerned with adult and/or community education. Barriers to interinstitutional cooperation should be eliminated through delineation of the roles of community colleges and…

Reviews ERIC documents dealing with community services functions, community education, community development, and the involvement of the community with community colleges. (DMM)

Examines the mutual development of the East Harlem community and the Benjamin Franklin High School as a case study of the community school's historical development. (JM)

The educational component of community development and the role of professionals who assist community groups are discussed. Community development as an educational process helps citizens understand the many facets of their community and learn how to obtain support to maintain or improve it. (Author)

Article discusses the importance of the democratic process of involving people in thinking and making decisions about and in planning and playing an active part in the development and operation of services that affect their daily lives; and the value for personal fulfillment of belonging in groups. (WL)

Schools have great potential as a resource for community action. Drawing on work with two inner city primary schools, the author explains how school ground improvement schemes can provide a vehicle for community education which involve women as key actors in local community development and wider environmental improvement. (LZ)

The motivation/immersion model of literacy centers on the individual and isolates literacy from context. A community development approach regards literacy as a function of social structure; based on this model, literacy education programs are respectful of the culture and idiom of the community. (SK)

This paper presents findings of a study that compared the attitudes of students in a community school, designed and staffed to follow the Alberta (Canada) Community School guidelines, and a mandated elementary fine-arts school over the school years 1985-86 through 1987-88. Bronfenbrenner's (1976) ecological research model was used to: (1) identify…

Describes the leadership role taken by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., in educational and economic development, international affairs, and physical and mental health since the organization's founding at Howard University in 1913. (GC)

The teacher and his relationship to the community were the focus of this article along with the cooperation of the school with the community's objectives and attitudes. (RK)

Discusses the major breakthrough in the provision of adult education for working class communities which has taken place in the Liverpool (England) Educational Priority Area during the past two years. (Author)

Cites ERIC documents describing the community education and development programs of two-year colleges. Documents cover building a neighborhood coalition, an approach to marketing vocational programs, community education and development, and educational alternatives. (DMM)

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)

"New Times"--a term recognizing recent qualitative, incremental changes in the world--present an opportunity for community education to become more central to the debate about education, the social order, and social change. The fundamental challenge is forging the politics of cultures into a coherent political culture. (SK)