Efforts to link colleges with many community-based, grass-roots organizations are described. Three partnership models are discussed: the comprehensive, the limited, and new entities (colleges created directly by or on behalf of community-based organizations). Specific examples are provided. (MLW)

Disengagement, the final phase in the community development process, receives little attention in the literature. Many community development practitioners make decisions regarding disengagement intuitively. This exploratory study of disengagement from community units was based on interviews with eleven University of Missouri Extension Community…

The paraprofessional career community aide is an invaluable part of a total career guidance program, serving as a bridge between community and counseling professionals. The aides work with parents in an educative and organizational capacity, providing information to benefit their children. (CC)

This series of articles is devoted to a discussion of the relationships that exist between agricultural education and other agencies, including community organizations, cooperative extension, other vocational programs, international education agencies, and colleges of agriculture. (SK)

Describes Community Access Channel Three of the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana, which has been cablecasting since 1975. Topics discussed include programs produced with local arts and cultural groups and the "Kids Alive" program produced by 8-to 15-year-olds. Also discussed are a requested program service, funding, staffing,…

This is a description of a model for demonstrating an approach to improving slums in Indonesia and the Philippines. The strategy of using people rather than financial capital as a resource is discussed. (SA)

The attempts of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) to implant mandatory alcohol and tobacco instruction in Alberta's public schools is traced. These efforts are compared with the group's simultaneous efforts at temperance reform in the United States. (SJL)

Noting the high barrio use of inhalants, the environment often surrounding inhaling, and various treatment approaches, the article describes the programs of several Hispanic community-based organizations in Mexico, Arizona, and California which have been developed to assist inhalant abusers and their families in overcoming the habit. (SB)

Discusses the need for and the difficulties in providing rural development and education programs for rural workers in Latin America and suggests linking adult education with community associative enterprises. Low income rural workers maintain membership by contributing their work to the enterprise and receive goods according to their…

A health education coordinating council can help all those involved in health education in a given geographic area to coordinate, supplement, and intensify their efforts. (MB)

Since the late 1980s, a network of community museums has spread throughout Oaxaca (Mexico), serving as an autonomous force for broad-based cultural development, supporting the maintenance and revitalization of local Indigenous cultures, countering Western cultural hegemony, and involving Indigenous communities in museum development and related…

Suggests strategies for reviving small rural communities. Discusses community development meetings, developing effective leadership, and involving youth and women. Discusses importance of development programs, effective media, good educational systems, and other community institutions. Emphasizes important role of local youth programs, schools,…

Varied approaches to providing adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy programs are described, including those connected to community-based organizations and welfare offices. Funding factors for workplace literacy and family literacy programs are noted. (one reference) (LB)

Examines the KASHA project in Botswana to illustrate the characteristics of sustainable development as manifested in localized contexts and situations. Suggests the need to document, share, describe, and discuss successful programs like KASHA. (MDH)

The Community Networking Initiative (CNI) seeks to increase participation of low-income, primarily African American, residents in a local community computer network. Examination of information exchange practices of CNI indicated that word-of-mouth exchanges with people in one's close social circle and contacts with community organizations appear…