The expansion of community college community services within established priorities of involvement can benefit both institutional and professional goals. (NF)

The author presents the history and development of evening classes sponsored by non-governmental agencies in British Columbia. (AS)

Discusses the "social distance,""community involvement," and "balance theory" approaches to the community and gives examples of a range of community linkages that the school can use to shrink or expand social distance. (Author/IRT)

This speech was presented at the 1976 American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation national convention by the principal of an Iowa high school. It discusses the development and effectiveness of the Jefferson High School Booster Club which was developed by an interested parent and has been quite successful. The club has assisted…

This document is a progress report of the University-Urban Interface Program at the University of Pittsburgh, a program of university involvement in community activities. The introduction concerns the progress made in data collection, analysis, and presentation of results. The second section deals with the progress and outcomes of various minority…

Based on their involvement in the Albany County, Wyoming, Elementary Education Fair, the authors offer guidelines that include beginning with a brief proposal describing the education fair, forming a steering committee, organizing the week into special days with one afternoon as a grand finale, and encouraging community participation and…

This article outlines a plan for involving the community in the orientation of beginning teachers. Better rapport and a reduced number of first-year teacher dropouts are two of the plan's benefits. (Editor)

Article suggests a model for training members of school-community councils. (GB)

Describes successful site-based parent/community involvement program at Central School District of San Bernardino County, California. (PKP)

Describes the adoption of an old riverside landfill by an elementary school as a Habitat 2000 community project. Contains a "how-to" checklist for such a project, information on building school-community community partnerships, and promotional ideas for stewardship projects. (LZ)

Community colleges in rural environments provide a variety of services. There is a great deal of documentation supporting those services that are academic and economic. The noneconomic and nonacademic results of community college activities, however, have an undocumented yet significant impact on local communities. The current study focused on how…

This study examines how communities participate in schools across diverse contexts in developing countries and the results attributed to community participation. It reviews evaluations of participatory approaches to education in developing countries to answer two basic questions: 1) How do communities participate in school in developing countries?…

Author discusses the results of recent research on the phenomena of community power structure. (GB)

Describes how the staff and students of Ahmednagar College Center for Studies in Rural Development, Maharashtra, India, worked with the villagers of Pargaon to solve their irrigation problems. (JT)