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Stevens, Mary A. – 1978
During 1977 and 1978, Black Hawk College, Moline, Illinois, served as one of eleven national demonstration models in the development of community college-coordinated, community-based discussion forums. In fall 1977 the college was joined by twenty-seven co-sponsoring community organizations in holding nine town meetings to discuss topics suggested…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Community Support, Cooperative Planning
Stevens, Mary A. – 1978
Community forums, based on newspaper courses operating as part of the Black Hawk College (Illinois) university parallel program, were completely planned, administered, and executed by the college humanities faculty in cooperation with community co-sponsors. In most cases, the cooperative efforts represented new official ties between college and…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Discussion
Pickeral, Terry, Ed.; Peters, Karen, Ed. – 1996
Prepared as part of a project to promote service-learning activities at community colleges, this sourcebook presents essays by college faculty detailing service-learning models and strategies. Following a brief foreword, an introductory essay describes the project, indicating that it involves a team of five faculty members who have built…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Harris, Mathilda E. – 1981
This paper describes activities now being undertaken in the Pacific Northwest to develop international awareness. Oregon and Washington have major ports where wheat, lumber, and steel move in and out in increasing quantities. In the state of Oregon alone, international trade increased from 1.2 billion dollars in 1970 to 2.8 billion in 1975 to 6.4…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Needs, Global Approach
Stevens, Mary A. – 1978
In 1977 and 1978, Black Hawk College sponsored two series of community discussion forums paralleling the year's Courses by Newspaper (CbN). With the fall series, based on "Crime and Justice in America," Black Hawk became one of eleven national demonstration models. In the spring, the college sponsored "The Impact of Mass Media on…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Colleges, Community Support, Cooperative Planning
PDF pending restorationEisenberg, Diane U. – 1979
Interest in the humanities is being revitalized at community and junior colleges through community forums and town meetings. The idea of melding the community forum with the humanities was at the heart of a national humanities demonstration program, in which 11 community colleges participated by developing model community forum programs based upon…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Discussion
