A report on the Fifteenth Lake Okoboji Educational Media Leadership Conference, whose theme was "Curricula-Media Dialogue for Meeting Changing Community Needs. (LS)

The function of government departments of community development should be restricted to training personnel in understanding communities and the use of the Problem-solving" approach, and to supplying staff highly trained in social relations for work on special development schemes. The lone missionary" complex is not useful for the community…

This paper explores how to obtain community development goals while operating under the constraints of citizen participation in Federal Programs. Five references. (Author/LY)

A variety of views as to what the objectives of the newly formed Community Development Society should be is expressed in this article. Included are discussions of: (1) a viable professional organization, (2) "a mutual-benefit" association in which the primary beneficiaries are the members, (3) a motivator of learning, (4) a means of…

Summarizes the principles of asset-based community development and indicates that it is more relevant than traditional methods. Explains its characteristics and requirements and identifies critical barriers. Encourages volunteer administrators to apply current knowledge and practices to asset-based community development. (Author/JOW)

In Mississippi, the bulk of the responsibility to conduct workforce training falls on the community colleges. With the recent trends of large industry relocating overseas, layoffs, and plant closures, these challenges have become prevalent in rural America. Through the development and delivery of workforce programs to local business and industry,…

A study of disenfranchised learners in a regional area found that their engagement in formal education was influenced by their learner identities, their perceptions of themselves as learners, and the identity resources on which they draw. Understanding the disconnects between individuals', communities' and educational institutions' assumptions…

Background/Context: Parent involvement in education is widely recognized as important, yet it remains weak in many communities. One important reason for this weakness is that urban schools have grown increasingly isolated from the families and communities they serve. Many of the same neighborhoods with families who are disconnected from public…

This anthology places art at the center of meaningful urban education reform. Providing a fresh perspective on urban education, the contributors describe a positive, asset-based community development model designed to tap into the teaching/learning potential already available in urban cities. Rather than focusing on a lack of resources, this…

Purpose: This paper aims to: extend the concept of "The learning organization" to "The learning community," especially disadvantaged communities; demonstrate how leaders in a migrant community can achieve positive change at the personal, professional, team and community learning levels through participatory action learning and…

Offering lifelong and developmental learning to over 13 million students at nearly 1,200 schools, community colleges in the United States attract a student body with remarkable economic, ethnic, and cultural diversity. They provide students with skills and foundational knowledge upon which successful professional careers and rewarding personal…

Since its establishment in 2003, the Japan Council on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD-J) has paid close attention to informal learning processes in community-based efforts to promote local sustainable development. ESD-J carried out two projects to collect information on and visualise community-based ESD practice: the…

The purpose of the study was to make a qualitative assessment of the impact of school consolidation on several rural Nebraska communities that have recently lost their schools. This research uses a multiple-case study design with interviews conducted in three Nebraska communities. The data from this research fell into four broad themes: social…