Lists factors contributing to the need for increased fund raising in community colleges. Discusses advantages of a foundation as a means of obtaining private funds. Delineates specifics of establishing, organizing, and implementing the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation. (DMM)

Discusses the problems of mistraining, over-education, and underemployment, and argues that vocational students should have on-the-job training before completing formal education requirements. Describes an internship program in which selected Ventura College (California) data processing students worked 20 hours per week with area managers who were…

The Head of Upper Nidderdale High School in North Yorkshire shows how a small 11-16 comprehensive can provide a common core curriculum and a choice of options that keeps career doors open. (Editor)

Describes an experimental mass lecture presentation method at Cayuga County Community College, Auburn, New York, to prepare accounting students for the type of instruction in four-year institutions. Although some students chose not to enroll in the mass lecture accounting section, those who participated made better progress and were favorable…

Highlights ERIC reports and references pertinent to the trends, legislative mandates, programs, and specific institutional challenges that community colleges face as they initiate or expand services to older adults, the disabled, and women. (AYC)

The Private Sector Initiative Program (PSIP), Title VII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), is planned to put employment and training back in private business through grants to employers for on-the-job training programs, with private industry councils as links between business and industry and the federal government. (MF)

Two small communities in New Jersey, Peters Valley and Salem, are restoring old buildings and crafts with funds from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and other public and private agencies. Activities of resident craftsmen, interns, visiting experts, and CETA workers in both communities are described. (MF)

Describes the remedial approach of Middle College's five-year--grades 10 - 14--program in terms of three aspects (size and setting, counseling, and basic skills instruction) and four factors influencing institutional development (variance in educational values, line of authority, planning continuity, and attitudes toward change). (AYC)

Some families and probably too many teachers have been lulled in the past few years into a "let the schools do the job" attitude, forgetting about the work that needs to be done at home. Describes the Home and School Institute, designed to provide ways that the family working together at home could reinforce and supplement student…

This article discusses a comprehensive community service delivery system, The Center for Independent Living (CIL), for the severely disabled in which services are geared toward independent living and consciousness raising. Self-help and peer counseling are seen as major methods of service assistance. (Author)

A law firm, Equal Rights Advocates, Inc., specializing in sex discrimination cases, has become a magnet for law students in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is involved in a cooperative program with area universities in which a new model for clinical teaching is offered. Fifteen students each semester spend at least two days a week with the firm.…

Two Canadian high school teachers describe a unit of work they designed to provide senior high school students with an understanding of the principles of urbanization. (Author/RM)

Alexandria (Virginia) Community Network Preschools is a private, nonprofit preschool system that serves over 125 low-income children and their families. Network Preschools follow the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation's principles for a superior early-childhood curriculum. The four schools use developmentally appropriate practices, enable…

Describes a study assessing the effects of technology on the production of college newspapers and assembling an overview of technology use at campus newspapers nationwide. Provides findings related to college journalism program enrollment, newspaper formats employed, funding, computer hardware, production methods, future plans, and innovative…

The League of Peaceful Schools was formed in Nova Scotia to support schools committed to building a culture of peace. Guided by League facilitators, member schools offer children models for building healthy relationships through service learning and elders programs. Member schools develop discipline policies that are proactive instead of punitive,…