Considers the goals and activities of the Community College Cooperative for International Development which is comprised of six Florida community colleges. The principal mission of the Cooperative is to provide mid-level manpower training and technical assistance in occupational, vocational, and technical education to developing nations. (MB)

Briefly reviews the past ten years of activities of the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, whose goals focus on experimentation in teaching and learning, the exchange of results in these areas, and the evaluation of innovative practices on students and the community. (MB)

The president of the national Parent Teacher Association discusses the organization's activism and its areas of major concern--collective bargaining, urban education, the establishment of a Department of Education, and community support for public education. (IRT)

Describes advance arrangements, local preparations and results of lead poisoning testing done in rural southeastern Illinois. Results confirm that lead poisoning is not confined to urban areas. (HS)

Considers what benefits volunteerism offers to the aging and to their communities, how this role for the aging is valued, what has been learned from the greater utilization of senior citizen volunteers, and how this opportunity can be provided to those who want it. (Author/AM)

School systems must become more liberal in granting leaves to administrators, this principal believes. He advocates that schools exchange executive-level personnel with business, industry, and other agencies of the community to achieve horizontal growth among their respective staffs. (Editor)

The role of the home economics department in desegregating Lake Clifton High School (Baltimore, Maryland) by conducting a human relations campaign and other activities is described. (TA)

A workshop presented by a community health center provides adult women an opportunity to explore their vocational needs, interests and values through the education-vocational resources of the community. (Author)

Examines the effectiveness of service learning as a pedagogy through a case study of one of the oldest continuously operating service learning programs, the Joint Educational Project at the University of Southern California. (EV)

Describes the two-year "Exploring America's Communities (EAC): In Quest of Common Ground" project undertaken by the American Association of Community Colleges. Indicates that EAC's conferences and mentoring activities were part of a larger effort to determine what it means to be an American today. Discusses EAC's major activities and…

Discusses a holistic pilot program that was developed to deliver services to custodial grandparents, grandchildren, and school personnel. During and after completion of the program, observations and preliminary data analysis showed positive social and participation benefits for both grandparents and grandchildren. (Contains 26 references.) (GCP)

Rather than use their energies to explain their failures, Blacks need to develop strategies for success. Uses examples from the Atlanta Public Schools to illustrate how Blacks can use effective schools research to improve urban, Black education. (FMW)

Reports on the Habitat Educare Center being built in Americus, Georgia, under the direction of Diane and Joseph Umstead. The child care center will be racially and culturally integrated, with tuition free to Habitat for Humanity employees and volunteers and on a sliding scale for others. (NH)

Analyzes the structure of a communications department at a rural comprehensive community college by focusing on the grouping of components as well as their place in the status framework. Discusses the behavior of the system as a consequence of the structure as well as its evolution. (KEH)