Underscores community colleges' responsibility for international/general education. Assesses the impact of foreign student enrollments, foreign tourists, and global society. Reviews Brevard Community College's international/intercultural education programs. Stresses the relationships of transcultural education with general education and of faculty…

Presented are ideas for eight environmental and conservation education programs, many of which span grade levels and skill areas. For each program described, there is a person listed to contact for additional information. (KC)

Describes the local financing of the vocational agriculture program at East Butler School in Nebraska. In addition, the article provides guidelines that must be followed when planning a local budget. (LRA)

Describes how one district redrew attendance boundaries after a new elementary school was added, and provides six rules to follow in realigning attendance boundaries. (IRT)

Describes computer utilization in the engineering curriculum at a community college, placing special emphasis on meeting the needs of student learning styles. (Author/CMV)

Reviews a community training program for undergraduate students at a small liberal arts college in Alton, Illinois. The program involves students in a community work placement, a community studies course, and work study experience in a small industrial town near the college. (Author/DB)

Cites resources of the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges collection dealing with various aspects of adult education: the target population and their needs; accountability; methods of publicizing community college programs for adults; and descriptions of specific programs. (CM)

Discusses philosophical issues related to health education in developed countries: the role of the health educator, the Health Belief Model for the study of health behaviors, community involvement, and the relationship between education and coercion as a function of legislation. (CM)

Describes a television system proposed for rural Alaska employing a core of locally selected programs transmitted via satellite plus a cassette machine for program substitutions as a way to maximize local participation. (JMF)

Reviews the nature of Alaskan community college education in terms of faculty and student characteristics, administrator requirements, teaching strategies, and the rural environment. Stresses the importance of educational relevance to the immediate concerns of the student. (MB)

Describes a succession of government initiatives that challenge many metropolitan district and London borough library authorities to take advantage of increasing urban aid to tackle inner city problems relating to education, employment, and culture. An examination of the Inner Urban Areas Act of 1978 details the implementation of such initiative.…

Supports granting formal credit for "life experiences," especially in the social sciences, and reviews the writings of John Dewey on the assessment of life experiences and criteria for awarding credit. Also describes current methods of earning degree credit at Jamestown Community College. (MB)

Counseling flourishes best in the community college climate when it is congruent with that climate. A community college model of counseling must be interdependent, interactive, proactive, and client-centered. The structure of counseling services needs to evolve from the unique dynamics of each campus. (Author)

Development of the placement program in Highland Community Schools included obtaining administrative approval, publicity, slide presentations for business and industrial groups, and resulted in a successful placement service that was not a significant cost factor within the school's budget. (TA)

Reports on an interorganizational collaboration in which a community-based service network of family support programs to help prevent child abuse and neglect was implemented. Presents a theoretical framework for understanding community-based networks and interorganizational collaboration and describes and analyzes how collaboration was used to…