Discusses the Online Computer Library Center's (OCLC) evolution as an organization, highlighting its nonprofit status, financial philosophy, membership role in governance, collections and technical services, resource sharing, and reference services. Presents a chronology of OCLC products, services, and technological innovation 1967-1997. (PEN)

Describes both the content of a domestic violence teaching program and the process used to integrate the program into the curriculum at MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Quantitative and qualitative date from a three-year period indicate that the program has been successfully integrated, is effective, and satisfies students. (EV)

Asserts that service learning proponents are divided over direct charity versus justice advocacy models, with many claiming a need for justice advocates to moderate their philosophy in order to secure long-term support. Claims that despite justice advocacy's trouble institutionalizing itself (e.g., Settlement House, Students for a Democratic…

Describes the history, characteristics, and goals of four innovative programs, each in a medical school, that were established in 1998 to help faculty members of both sexes obtain mentors and thereby facilitate their career advancement. (EV)

Discusses the special considerations, objectives, and mechanisms for mentoring in engineering and other technical environments. Describes how students benefit from mentoring in an engineering curriculum and gives specific examples of student-mentoring programs. (EV)

Describes the University of Michigan's strategic approaches to mentoring undergraduate science students within a holistic framework of personal and professional development. Explores the concept of a coordinated mentoring effort across years and disciplines. (EV)

Describes the Home Start program in the United Kingdom, in which volunteers, during home visits, offer regular support, friendship, and practical help to parents who have at least one child under school age and who are under stress. (BC)

Describes the Clarkton School of Discovery in Clarkton, North Carolina, a gifted-and-talented magnet middle school that is open to all students in the school district. (SR)

Describes how a group of adults with autism, mental retardation, and other disabilities has accessed a means of communication and formed a bridge to the community through poetry. (SR)

Notes that fewer than 10% of American high schools offer radio production opportunities. Describes several high school radio stations. Discusses Radio as a major, how the stations raise grant money, and the special status for low-power radio stations. Includes a sidebar by Amy Medlock concerning procedures for radio stations. (RS)

Describes the current structure and processes at Penn State designed to enhance and unify efforts to link its resources to the communities it serves. Discusses the current dialogue within this major research university on issues related to the "engaged institution" and reports on the progress of several faculty groups that support…

Describes the development of a new transformational vision for Albion College in Michigan, which led to a community envisioning process off campus. The result was a new city-college partnership designed to promote the development of the city of Albion as "The Smart Community." (EV)

Describes a staff development project based on a literature discussion format that allowed teachers a forum for discussing their perceptions of common readings relative to current practices. Presents anecdotal and statistical results revealing that the study group realized increased effectiveness for the staff. (NH)

Describes the Network of Pedagogical Universities of the Caucasian Region, which is linked to the UNESCO-Caucasus project, the UNESCO Associated Schools, and UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme. It will endeavor to create a joint teaching program for basic education, stimulate the exchange of experience, create joint data banks, modernize pedagogical…

Describes two distance education programs in Bangladesh, which provide a bachelor's degree in nursing and a certificate in primary health care. The offerings were successfully developed and implemented by the Bangladesh Open University and employ electronic delivery and continuing and extension education offerings. (EV)