Deals with an Office of Economic Opportunity-funded Neighborhood Employment Center with an affiliated job training center in Massachusetts. (DM)

Describes a learn and shop program conducted by Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis in various shopping malls around the city. Discusses how the atmosphere of composition courses held off campus influences students' attitudes toward writing and college-level work. (HTH)

Proposes the establishment of Integrated Resource Management Education Centers that would provide information and assistance to local change agents involved with resource management policies and plans. Identifies the purposes, programs, and intended audience for these centers, their roles in developing countries, and some existing prototypes. (DC)

The architectural renovation project at Albuquerque Indian School not only reclaimed dilapidated buildings but involved students and community in planning their learning environment and taught students practical career skills, such as plumbing, landscape and interior design, and woodworking. This article is part of a theme issue on multicultural…

Provides references to ERIC documents dealing with marketing community colleges. Covers the purpose of marketing, planning, and implementing marketing programs, the extent to which marketing is being used, descriptions of programs and activities at individual institutions, and the role of institutional research in support marketing. (DD)

Introduces Middle College High School of LaGuardia Community College, which offers a nontraditional approach to bridging the high school-college gap. The program features a career education model; access to library, recreational facilities, and skill labs; and college-style registration. It has resulted in higher attendance averages and…

Outlines Hudson Valley Community College's Individualized Studies Program which provides a liberal arts base upon which students design their programs. Describes the program, which also serves a developmental function, in terms of its students, learning laboratories, study skills course, and ongoing orientation process. (DMM)

Analyzes Henderson County Junior College's (TX) approach to concurrent high school/college enrollment, which involves providing college-level courses on high school campuses for seniors in the top third of their class. Emphasizes that program success depends on publicity, planning, and careful faculty selection. Reviews program outcomes. (CAM)

A school head from a disadvantaged area of Birmingham, England, describes how a school can be made into a caring, nurturing, positive place which can help to counteract the social stresses of the inner city environment. (SJL)

Provides an overview of the topic of extending educational services to disabled students, a detailed description of the necessary steps in developing and implementing a comprehensive program, and a discussion of an exemplary program at De Anza College in California. (AYC)

Describes a developmental model for a comprehensive and decentralized women's program developed at Lane Community College (Oregon), discusses the advantages and disadvantages of its approach, and provides some do's and don't's relevant to the administration of women's programs. (AYC)

Describes a year-round alternative school program for disruptive students that relies on community resources to help the students and also involves parents. (IRT)

Describes the reference project of the Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County (PLCFC), Ohio, that uses a system of cassette-like tapes accessible by telephone to provide medical and health related information. (JD)

Describes two national programs in developmental education: National Project II, a consortium of different institutions sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education; and Networks, a program developed at Bronx Community College to facilitate communication among developmental education professionals through newsletters,…