Specific examples of curriculum-based community service from elementary through university level are cited in response to criticisms of education. The use of resources in assisting professionals is cited in several contexts: social work, medicine, police work, etc. The particular emphasis is on youth, especially those readily available. (AG)

Described some principles underlying a concept which involves a community college without walls - a Community Renewal College. (Author/RK)

Article attempted to define "community services" from information obtained through six regional voluntary accrediting associations. It presented a suggestive list of community services appropriate to community colleges. (Author/RK)

The dean of continuing education at the Communiity College of Beaver County (Pennsylvania) defines community services as one portion of continuing education - and the program in Beaver County. (Editor)

Considered the adult student in community and junior colleges. (RK)

Article reported on a study which assessed the extent to which community-junior colleges participated in Higher Education Act, Title 1, programs and listed recommendations made by participants in this study. (Author/RK)

A follow-up study was conducted to determine the outcome of 254 referrals made by 47 school psychologists in New York and New Jersey. Evaluation of referral outcome was determined in light of the reason prompting the referral recommendation. (Author)

A project carried out by a group of graduate social work students in a facility within a mainly black low-income area offers evidence of the effectiveness of innovative techniques, and discloses problems facing black and white staff members. (Author/ST)

Outlines the extensive cultural activities and community services which have been promoted in Finland for one hundred years. (GB)

Interview with Mrs. Dorothy Fulcher, a teacher at the Oakland, California Parent and Child Center (PCC). Describes the Center's facility for infants. (DS)

Alternatives to the present system of specialized service agencies for the blind in Australia are suggested as ways of changing stereotypes about blind persons and providing better services to the visually handicapped. (Author/GW)

Open access to facilities and equipment, both at the college and in community centers can help to broaden the base of education in the whole community. (RN)

Identifies key ideas in the new plans for urban community control of schools that have already played a role in the controversies of the earlier era of progressive education. Suggests that those ideas, when combined with local and decentralized control of school organization, produce new dilemmas for professional educators in the present era.…

Palomar Community College (California) has used a mobile van with classroom and tutorial facilities, counseling and information services to reach Indian and Mexican-American students in the area. (RN)