This document is about a learning community created by two Mesa Community College faculty members. Their initial goal for creating the center was to improve student learning, deepen the relationship between faculty and students, etc. The program has a service-learning requirement that was implemented with the goal of preparing students to become…

This report shares findings from research that examined service learning, a teaching strategy that combines service to the community with classroom curriculum in K-12 schools. The research focused on how service learning was relevant to schools. The results show that many U.S. youth feel alienated from both their schoolwork and from traditional…

The author tells how she approached community agencies to procure existing counseling services and to implement new ones. She also opened channels of communication between various groups (among residents, between housing management and residents, etc.). Retarded high school students became involved in meeting needs of the elderly and an adoptive…

Discusses various aspects of the role of students in community development and social service programs around the world, including rural and urban development, problems of locus of leadership, racial or religious tensions, and the needs of youth themselves. (SF)

The future of many post-secondary institutions may rest with their ability to shift from a strict engineering format to one incorporating community service programs. Retraining competent unemployed technicians and engineers from aerospace and military sectors for construction, community service, and environmental protection can be an important…

Purpose of the Foster Parents Association is to develop effective communication and teamwork between foster parents and agency staff. (DS)

The fourteen short articles that make up this section deal with all facets of community information centers. Organization, objectives, citizen involvement and standards are among the subjects covered. A resource guide is included. (76 references) (DH)

Discusses results and costs of a program in which community School Aides visited district homes to better acquaint people with the entire school district operation and its educational offerings.

Reprinted from Closer Look,'' a newsletter of the U.S. Office of Education's Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. (DS)

Viewing the police as a para-military organization primarily concerned with the control and prevention of crime is inconsistent with the estimate that only 20 percent of police activity is crime related. This study is based on analyses of calls for assistance in 1968 in St. Louis, Detroit, and New York. (DB)

Discusses the establishment of the comprehensive community junior college which is a low cost, open door institution serving the needs of the community. (EK)