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Download full textWabike, Paul – Journal of Educational Issues, 2021
Universities contribution to society development in Africa has been a subject of discussion since many countries attained independence in the 1960s. The university was seen as having a function of emancipating society from poverty and ignorance. The premise of this view was based on the university's role in creating the ruling elite and knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Role, Social Capital, Community Development
Pietak, Raymond A.; Spencer, Richard L. – College and University Business, 1973
A collection of services designed to help colleges help the community. (Editor)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Programs
Peer reviewedBoone, Edgar J. – Community College Review, 1992
Defines community-based programing as a cooperative process in which the community college serves as leader and catalyst in effecting collaboration among community members, leaders, and groups. Recommends 15 tasks for community college leaders involved in community-based programing, including environmental scanning and coalition building. (DMM)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Coordination
Peer reviewedO'Banion, Terry; Gillett-Karam, Rosemary – Community College Journal, 1996
Argues that, despite the provision of community-based educational services, community colleges do not play a key role in social change in their communities. Reviews the history of community development in the colleges, suggesting that original goals were designed to be noncontroversial. Discusses increasing foundation support to address community…
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development
LeCroy, Nancy Armes, Ed. – 1993
Part of an effort to increase the capacity of local citizens to address critical issues facing their communities, this paper reports on a project to develop and test a replicable process for organizing community forums at community colleges. Following introductory remarks, the first section discusses the role of the community college in community…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development
Santiago, Isaura Santiago – 1994
In 1992, Hostos Community College (HCC), in the Bronx, New York, began participation in the Bronx Center project, a partnership between government, community organizations, and private groups to develop a comprehensive urban plan for a 300-block area of the Bronx. Including civic, corporate, community, and political leaders, the Center was…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Cooperation, Community Coordination
Boone, Edgar J. – 1992
Community-based programming (CBP) is a process in which a community college becomes the leader in effecting collaboration among the people, their leaders, and community-based organizations and agencies in its service area to identify and seek resolution to major issues facing the community and its people. To facilitate CBP, a community college…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College Planning, College Role, Community Colleges
