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Knox, Colin; Hughes, Joanne – Community Development Journal, 1994
Offers a case study that examines the methodological problems of evaluating a community relations program in Northern Ireland. Recommends a quantitative and qualitative approach to evaluation and raises issues that must be addressed when evaluating community development programs. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Community Development, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Policy

Behr, Chris; Shaffer, Ron; Lamb, Greg; Miller, Al; Sadowske, Sue – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1998
Coastal communities face difficult choices regarding the use if their waterfront resources. The complexity of issues, contradictory scientific evidence, different visions of the future, and uncertainty regarding community interests add to the difficulty of reaching consensus. The community of Oconto, Wisconsin, attempted to integrate technical and…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Development, Environmental Influences, Tables (Data)

Johnson, Chris – Community Development Journal, 1998
In conflict-torn Afghanistan, international nongovernmental organizations are attempting to build indigenous capacity for development. Strategies include support for women, involvement of local elders, and integration of internal and external value systems. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Conflict Resolution, Females, Foreign Countries
Lansky, Mark – International Labour Review, 2000
Traces the evolution of the concept of gender in feminist scholarship from biological sex to multidimensional gender. Discusses the reemergence of essentialist perspectives and the shift in policy from focus on "women in development" to "gender and development." (Contains 110 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Feminism, Policy Formation
Shitu, M. B. – Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, 1996
A diagnostic model for evaluating community-based organizations takes into account the political, legal, social, economic, and cultural environment and the organization's structure, membership, goals, resources, philosophy, leadership styles, and rewards/sanctions. The ways in which both sets of variables either facilitate or inhibit the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Foreign Countries, Institutional Evaluation

Warner, Michael – Community Development Journal, 1996
Strategic development planning encompasses the setting of communitywide objectives; appraisal of external forces; analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; and development of a community-owned strategic plan. As an appropriate method transferred from business, it overcomes criticisms of other community participatory planning…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Planning, Participative Decision Making, Strategic Planning
Williams, Audrey Y. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Describes how, backed by a wealthy alumna, Wells College's efforts to spruce up Aurora, New York have angered residents. (EV)
Descriptors: Alumni, Community Development, Higher Education, Problems

Milofsky, Carl – Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2000
Defines transparent research as a strategy in which the subjects of the research are fully involved in the entire process. Presents case studies of the emergency medical department of a medium-sized hospital and of a congregational development project developed in partnership with an Episcopal diocese. (JOW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Ethnography, Participatory Research
Stachowski, Laura L.; Bodle, Aaron; Morrin, Michael – International Education, 2008
The Cultural Immersion Projects at Indiana University offer teacher education majors the opportunity to be placed in culturally-diverse settings, where full-time student teaching, required community participation, ongoing reflection, and academic reporting combine to provide experiences that go well beyond the common foci of conventional student…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Community Involvement, Service Learning, Student Experience
Intrator, Sam M.; Siegel, Donald – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2008
Researchers and educators have long tried to find the connection between participation in sport-related activities and academic and social development among youths. This article traces the conceptual ideas that led to the design of an after-school sports program (Project Coach). This program promotes positive youth and community development…
Descriptors: Community Development, Elementary Education, Academic Achievement, Adolescents
Greene, Gwenda R. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2006
This article delineates Benedict College's strategies for transforming the community to foster a strong sense of connectedness and inclusivity to the institution. Reciprocal partnerships between the college and the community have served as a vehicle for achieving the mission of the college and addressing critical community issues. Benedict College…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, School Community Relationship, Economic Development, Community Development
Dluhy, Milan; Swartz, Nicholas – Social Indicators Research, 2006
There are over 200 identified community based indicator projects in the United States. This paper reviews the factors that contribute to the success and failure of community indicator projects and discusses the types of desired outcomes that communities are trying to achieve. Both organizational and political factors contributing to the success of…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Community Programs, Quality of Life, Community Development
Hooper, Richard – Adults Learning, 2007
In a misplaced rush for economic prosperity through vocational training, adults are in danger of elbowing aside their potential as learning and civic communities. In this article, the author argues that a skills strategy must be integrated within a broader learning-for-life vision which ranges over every aspect of learning in health, in social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Community Development, Adult Learning
Law, W. -W. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2007
Globalisation has extended the competition between nation-states to that between metropolises of the same or different nations. Many studies have shown how nation-states respond to the challenge of globalisation by reconfiguring their citizenship education curriculum into a multileveled framework comprising personal, social, local, national and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Community Development, Student Attitudes
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2009
The Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship (TELS) program was designed to meet the unique needs of the state of Tennessee by incorporating the hallmark elements of existing merit-based aid programs in other states. Developed through a process involving elected officials and members of the academic community, the TELS program aims to address the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Private Colleges, Family Income, Academic Persistence