The Village Polytechnic Movement consists of setting up training centers for the purpose of teaching locally-needed skills to primary school dropouts in rural Kenya. In addition to explaining the philosophy of the movement, the author comments upon its organization and future. (AG)

A practical and organized approach to economic development of a local community is proposed. Suggested data bank components are included. (MS)

Article describes the dilemma of adult learners and makes suggestions for improving community change. (GB)

Believing that community education must begin to evaluate its own performance in relationship to processes designed to foster and enhance the development of the entire community, the author has devised 125 questions concentrated in 14 topical areas. Answers to such questions should provide guidelines for future plans and action. (Author)

A great deal of new thinking is going on in the field of educational planning in new towns. Problems include the taxpayer revolt against the escalating costs of education and the slowness of educational change to occur. Developers are investigating the possibilities of joint development and use of public facilities. (Author/MLF)

Assesses the current situation in India and gives guidelines for the next 8 years. (SP)

Special Urban Issue. Papers on Urbanizing Society distributed in 1970 by the National University Extension Association (NUEA). Copies of the total report are available from Institute for Community Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823. (DS)

By designing processes to translate social needs into physical terms, the Urban Center at the University of Louisville is turning out its own unique brand of architecture -- one that produces no buildings but that has a real effect on the future of the physical environment. (Author)

A report by the Regional and Community Development Section of the United Nations which states that community development has to give close attention to the strategy and tactics it considers using and the time needed to realize its goals. (Author/DR)

Since the community college and the church share the community services function, cooperation between them can result in more effective community development. (RN)

Article describes an Indian Federal Government program which is attempting to aid the people in population control. (MM)

A new 4-H program, developed and tested in Virginia, aims at teaching youth about their communities and how they function, and also seeks to involve them as part of that function. (Author)

Author presents a case-study showing how Delaware Extension Service launched an effort to reach the goal of better planned communities through making land-use controls become guidelines for zoning ordinances. He discusses how segments of the community were approached and the positive results of fifteen years of work. (Editor/LF)

Advocates that the Navaho nation turn its fullest attention to increasing the development and retention of native brain power via community control of schools and hospitals and the encouragement of youth in choosing professional training and careers. (JM)

Discusses the American view of the role of education in developing Americans. Focuses on Massachusetts, the heart of early American industrialization, which gave prime importance to publicly supported education as a vehicle of social conditioning. (JOW)