Describes a history and humanities program offered by Oakton Community College (Illinois) to senior citizens at a local nursing home. (DC)

Discussed is generally successful Nutrition Week project for adults and children in Etobicoke, Ontario. Central to the project was a four-page pamphlet outlining ways to accumulate points through good nutrition and activity patterns and a demonstration competition among community leaders which was reported in the news media. (MS)

This resource is to provide the initiate to service-learning with a condensed list of the most frequently cited books, articles, and authors in service-learning bibliographies. The references in this bibliography were compiled by cross-referencing seven bibliographies on service-learning. Each of the references is identified by two or more of the…

This report has been prepared by the Elementary and Secondary Educational Statistics Branch of the U.S. Census Bureau. The data refer to all secondary and elementary education financed by federal, state, and local governments, including regular, special, and vocational instruction. Also included are summer school, adult education, community…

The complexity of rural practice in rural and remote communities means that higher order skills are required by rural social workers. In 1991, the University of Ballarat in Victoria (Australia) began teaching a course to prepare students for work in rural social welfare. The course was developed partly to meet industry needs, as local agencies…

This commentary focuses on the need to develop collaborative efforts between academic divisions and the community. While the role of the public school in the community has not changed, there is growing concern that the personal interactions between schools and the community have been lost, thereby dismissing students' need to understand their…

This manual provides communities with a listing of resources designed to help communities plan and develop school-community partnerships and community-development projects and processes. The main purpose of the manual is to supply a "ready-made" listing and description of resources so that models and topics are easily located. The list of…

A questionnaire survey intended to clarify the status of educational arrangements in Illinois institutions serving disturbed, delinquent or predelinquent, or dependent/neglected children. Information on patterns of service, potential needs for specially trained teachers and related professional personnel were related areas of interest. (CS)

In responding to the needs of the local community, Montcalm Community College utilized its student services division and took action in solving local problems. (Author/RK)

The expansion of the community college to become a people-changing institution is explored by the author, Dean of Adult and Continuing Education at Mayfair College (Illinois). (Editor/RK)

The author contends that a team approach involving trustees, administrators, faculty, and students is needed to understand the community college concept. (Editor/RK)

Adult students in the community college are vividly characterized, together with the adjustments community colleges will have to make in order to cope with this increasing segment of the student body. (Editor)

A survey was developed to determine the nature and extent of educational developments, concerning libraries and learning resource centers, in community colleges. (RK)

Article describes one approach to planning based on management by objectives. The program used for illustration is Project RITE (Reach, Involve, Teach, Evaluate), a rural Michigan community college consortium involving Michigan State Universtiy and five rural Michigan community colleges. (Authors/CB)