The Shriver Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is designed to create and manage new educational settings that enable the university, students, and community to pursue common goals. The Center and two programs (a partnership with community middle schools, and a program enabling former Peace Corps workers to address the…

A participatory curriculum development process was undertaken to design and implement a university-level, community-based environmental education training course to target behaviors and thus increase the effectiveness of conservation programs in central Vietnam. The process included (1) stakeholder analysis, (2) training needs assessment, (3)…

In August 2000, twenty people met in a room in Boston to address two questions: (1) How can Boston create a network of community schools?; and (2) Does the action have to proceed one school at a time, or are there systematic changes that can advance the movement? For the next four years, these people worked together, without funding, a road map,…

This paper evaluates a case-study work-based learning (WBL) programme for final year health studies undergraduates, analysing key characteristics, and reporting benefits and tensions that result. It triangulates evidence from learners, community agencies and teachers. Cross-fertilisation of ideas between the academy and community agencies, and the…

As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…

This article extends understanding of the connections between education, social capital, and development through a mixed-methods case study of the Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial, or SAT, an innovative secondary-level education system. The quantitative dimension of the research used survey measures of social responsibility to compare 93 SAT…

Civic-minded people in the National School Volunteer Program's 700 affiliates receive a warm welcome from students and teachers alike. (Editor)

The Project is committed to the philosophy that career education should be a total educational endeavor for the community. It is an instructional, counseling, guidance, and placement program which begins at the preschool level and extends through community college and adult education. (AG)

Describes a project in which science and technology are shaped directly and humanely to community needs. One goal is community self-reliance based on a soft technology that does not place stresses on the environment, is low in its capital demands, and decentralizing in its social impact. (GS)

Discussed the evolution of a community arts theory and program celebrating the values and life style of Appalchian people. (Author/RK)

By contracting with existing institutions to provide education for its students, the John Wood Community College in Quincy, Illinois, meets the needs of 2,000 students while employing only seven faculty members and owning no buildings. (IRT)

The principal of a purpose-built tertiary college explains its rationale and the opportunities it offers to sixteen to nineteen year olds, whether full-time or part-time working students. (Editor)