Zero population growth will soon affect higher education. The sophisticated use of faculty, physical plant, and other resources offers possible solutions. (Author/MLF)

As the children of Belfast return to school, this report focuses on a project designed to help teenage pupils from the city's Catholic and Protestant communities. (Editor/RK)

TV Agricultural Secondary School (TVASS), a scheme of agricultural education using a combination of television and further education classes, is fully described and viewed in light of current research. (WL)

Discusses concerns of 1975 Child Care Institute, delineating major directions in the future development of community-based services for children. (JH)

This paper describes a community outreach program that is aimed at mothers of preschool children for the purposes of primary and secondary prevention of mental illness. The goals of the group meetings are to expand the mothers' problem-solving capacities and share child-rearing experiences. The groups are lead by health care professionals. (NG)

Available from: EC 090 474. Outlined are the problems and objectives of Pennsylvania's Camp Hill Project--a program designed to complete psychological needs assessments for juveniles incarcerated at Camp Hill, to develop project policies and guidelines in preparation for meeting with juvenile court judges, and to hire staff. (SBH)

This final report summarizes a six-year project, the Northern California Coalition, which sought to provide information and training to families within their communities and to increase the capacity of community-based parent groups. The coalition was a collaboration of three parent-directed agencies serving families of children with disabilities…

The Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) collaborates with indigenous language communities to combat language decline. ILI facilitates community-based language programs, increases public awareness of language endangerment, and disseminates information on language preservation and successful language revitalization programs. In response to numerous…

This 22-minute videotape explains that it takes a whole community to educate a child. The first section describes how one high school uses the Foxfire Formula, with teachers acting more as facilitators than bosses. Students created a student magazine. Six Foxfire core practices were used in developing the magazine (student involvement in decision…

Between 1999 and 2000, 7 British Columbia communities participated as demonstration sites for suicide prevention initiatives. The goal was to identify planning and communication requirements, local leadership characteristics, community level partnerships, and infrastructure needs that best facilitate a comprehensive and community-wide approach to…

The term "at-risk" has changed significantly in its usage and some of the insights offered by college students studying at-risk youth are presented in this paper. Their observations are grouped under what it means to be an at-risk youth; measurement techniques, such as the status or cohort method, which are used to identify such youth; the…

This guide describes programs relevant to institutions of higher education administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (other than those administered by the Office of University Partnerships). Each program description provides information on: the program's purpose, possibilities for involvement, funding information,…

This book profiles 74 intergenerational programs in the United States. The programs range from basic tutoring projects to a sophisticated corporate-based day care center. Project selection was based on replicatable programs involving mutually beneficial exchanges. Grouped by subjects, profiles include programs targeting both young and old. Most…

This directory describes 241 non-governmental and governmental organizations, based in 40 sub-Saharan African countries, involved in early childhood care, development, and education. A useful information source for those working with and for children, the directory encourages and facilitates communication and information-sharing between…