This article presents the findings of a study that explored the role and impact of continuing education on rural revitalization. A community development approach, academic expertise, and a university's resources were used to assist the citizens of Montmartre, Saskatchewan, to establish Centre 48, an arts and continuing education centre. Courses…

This booklet is the second in a series of four research reports that address problems in smaller American cities. The reports focus on issues of collaboration between public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in communities; profile urban issues in the context of strategies for systemic change; and suggest new models for strengthening…

The pros and cons of rural Community Development Corporations (CDCs) are presented via a dialogue between the two authors. (JC)

Plans for housing sites and entire communities should integrate and detail all the complexities of an area such as land contours, soil, vegetation, drainage, and ownership. Designers' personalized styles may create distorted effects when transferred to the three-dimensional environment. People living in the communities should be involved in…

While acknowledging that technology has advanced faster than man's ability to cope with it, the role of the urban university is not to enmesh itself in the social problems of the community but rather to provide a source of objective facts and training in the problem solving skills. (MW)

A LISTENING GROUP IS A GROUP OF ADULTS MEETING TOGETHER REGULARLY TO DISCUSS RADIO OR TELEVISION PROGRAMS, USUALLY UNDER LAY LEADERSHIP, SOMETIMES ASSISTED BY SUPPLEMENTAL PRINTED MATERIALS, WITH ARRANGEMENTS FOR TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION (FEEDBACK) BETWEEN THE LISTENERS AND BROADCASTERS. GROUPS APPEAL TO CLIENTELE NOT ORDINARILY ATTRACTED TO ADULT…

This report of the Second National (Canadian) Workshop on Community Development (CD) contains the abstracts of working papers on various CD topics and a summary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) study of CD in North America. The working papers covered a variety of concerns including: (1) role of…

The Los Angeles City College program reviewed in this report provides, not merely a description of the services that can be provided by community colleges to their target populations, but a system for organizing these services in a meaningful fashion to make optimal use of college resources. It is a useful case study in management and may provide…

The Community Pride program is a 4-H activity in conservation and beautification. Instructions for selecting and carrying out a Community Pride activity are presented: planning, organizing, and doing the project. Suggestions for possible activities are offered, and instructions for reporting the activity to the county extension office are given.…

The 186 documents included in this bibliography of rural industrial development constitute nearly 30 years of research effort by scores of social scientists interested in ascertaining the measurable impact of new industry on demographic, economic, and/or social dimensions of rural community life in the U.S. Restricting the meaning of "industrial…

The Parks and Recreation Department of Montgomery, Alabama, has developed a five-field softball complex as part of a growing community park with facilities for camping, golf, aquatics, tennis, and picnicking. (MJB)

Synergizing the community means the process of complete utilization of the potential human and material energy in the community for the common good. Community education provides evidence for the premises of synergistics. (Author/IRT)

The principles of Gandhi are applied to the rural crisis in America with special attention to rural Iowa. Approaches to rural reconstruction and development are proposed which emphasize human-scale development, community-owned enterprises, local community development foundations, maximum feasible participation, broad-based land ownership, and…