Article describes the dilemma of adult learners and makes suggestions for improving community change. (GB)

Time is running out for social studies revision. If the social studies profession hopes to resurrect credibility with youth, every teacher must consciously move to relate his courses to the value dilemmas of youth and the value-laden issues of our time. (Author/JN)

The concept of community cohesion is explored with respect to material requisites and social networks. Community cohesion is viewed as a valuable human resource which is threatened and merits efforts at preservation by public and private sectors. (CT)

The influx of middle class individuals and families from the suburbs to the cities is reversing the trend of decay in American cities. Rehabilitation and revitalization are underway in many downtown areas. (RLV)

Presents a four-step model for "planning" or "forecasting" future of adult services in public libraries: (1) identification of forces at work; (2) analysis of probable impacts of one force upon another; (3) identification of preferred (and rejected) elements of future with forces that control elements; and (4) strategies to be…

The Episode of Purposive Change Model was used to evaluate the statewide redesign of human services for vulnerable children/families. Significant findings included the following: (1) community context is important; (2) long-term change requires keeping the initiative on the community agenda; and (3) participants must remain focused on ultimate…

Includes "The Case of Western Europe: Integration and Change in the EEC--The Fortress and the Excluded" (Conroy); "The Case of Eastern Europe: Why Community Development Still Has to Find a Role in Hungary" (Tausz); and "The Case of the Third World: People's Self-Development (Rahman). (SK)

Three areas of reform have been under national scrutiny: school reform, community services reform, and health-care reform. Few have discussed how these three areas interface and can be organized toward more effective services for children and youth. Describes organizational and planning methodology that coordinates these three reform areas into a…

An enrichment program teacher facilitated students in the selection of six silos in an abandoned flour mill for an urban renewal project. The students developed a mission statement, brainstormed ideas for the silos, researched architectural sketches, met with an architect, and gave a multi-media presentation to the city council. (Contains…

Uses a communication perspective to explore the development of a community leadership program in an economically troubled resort city. Traces how the communication practices are used in the first year of a grassroots empowerment initiative. Illustrates how meaning making and reframing enabled some group members to construct visions of a renewed…

Librarians like to say their libraries are the heart of their communities, and in Cynthia Fuerst's case, it is a fact. For the Kankakee Public Library, this took long, hard effort by an inspired library director, the mayor, and a developer who wanted to revive business in an economically devastated downtown. When Fuerst became the library's…

The purpose of this guidebook is to help community collaboratives gain a deeper awareness and understanding of the implications of diversity through their work. This includes designing service strategies, involving community residents in planning and governance, establishing outcomes and accountability systems, and developing financing systems.…

A comparison of data from reputational studies of black community leadership in Providence, Rhode Island, conducted in 1962, 1970, and 1972 revealed a high turnover in personnel, a decrease in average age, more local origin, more orientation to the black community, more employment in positions related to race relations, more residence in the black…