With its diversified adult education program, Colorado Mountain College serves 26 different communities through two campuses and nine continuing education centers. (MW)

How the school AV man can and should help communities use the cable. (Author)

Noting that a state as populous as Ohio has only two accredited library schools, this report includes a needs assessment for professional librarians through 1990, a resource assessment of available educational materials in library and information science, and an analysis of four alternative approaches: a new program model, a program transfer…

This document describes the present activities of and recommends improvements for the Ohio Youth Commission, an organization designed to provide treatment and rehabilitative services for socially deviant youths. (LLR)

The changing role of the academic institution in relation to its environment is reviewed in terms of student constituents, white collar employees, geographic neighborhood, and professionals. An "androgogical" rather than "pedagogical" approach to community knowledge development and transfer, and ways for university planners to make academe more…

This assessment report concerns the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College and the information, which is reported to the Los Angeles Community College District. The data was gathered through interviews conducted by an outside company. The report summarizes what interviewers learned about Trade-Tech's past and present and offers recommendations to…

Activating a community-based and university-based support system for non-anglophonic speakers falls naturally to the writing center. Writing centers employ consultants and help students across the disciplines, and they have historically specialized in collaborative, non-graded teaching. In addition, teachers untrained in English as a Second…

Colonias--unincorporated, low-income settlements endemic to the U.S. borderlands--have inadequate infrastructure and dismal living conditions, but also provide a creative solution to the housing dilemma faced by many border families. Colonias are most common in Texas and New Mexico, primarily as a result of weak rural planning laws, and are…

Since development communication began in Africa in the 1950s, it has been based on the erroneous belief, first, that development meant westernization and, later, that it meant modernization. This led to two working assumptions: that money and educated (qualified) personnel were all that was needed to create development; and that all efforts should…

The Smart Investment 2002 Public Opinion Survey measures public opinion about the importance and effectiveness of college programs, interest in possible future participation in colleges classes, satisfaction with information received from other colleges, and other topics. The survey was conducted on the phone and used 1,190 adult Washington…

This document focuses on Texas 26 regional consortia that coordinate the delivery of services between secondary school districts and two-year colleges. It examines the professed effectiveness of these consortia by using a perception survey given to Texas Tech Prep consortia directors, community college technical administrators, and secondary…

Analyzed the relationship between elements of child welfare and an index of social well-being in Minnesota counties. Found that all except two rural counties and only two urban counties had negative social well-being scores. Counties with low social well-being scores tended to have larger numbers of child welfare recipients. Findings suggest that…

Provides summaries of fiscal year 1996 work plans for 29 member colleges of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. Indicates that the plans were prepared to qualify as federal land-grant colleges and describe efforts to adapt generic programs to specific community needs. Provides an institutional contact for each college. (AJL)

Presents the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment for early childhood educators. (BB)

Describes the design philosophy of an architect who remodels and builds public libraries. Reviews the author's work on the Cohoes Public Library (New York) and the Saratoga Springs Public Library (New York). Discusses how architects create memorable public buildings by reading about and understanding sites, by working closely with communities, and…