With many cities showing an interest in afterschool system building and research providing a growing body of useful information, this Wallace Perspective offers a digest of the latest thinking on how to build and sustain an afterschool system, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for this promising work. The report (a follow-up to a…

This report on Muskegon Community College (Michigan) can be used as a model that documents the role of a community college and translates it into the specific requirements of an individual community. Included is an outline of a program that would help fulfill those requirements. It is suggested that planned and purposeful change is the most vital…

A study examined those competencies needed by local administrators of Michigan vocational education programs at the secondary and career-education-planning-district (CEPD) levels to carry out effectively their duties and responsibilities. The Administrator Task Inventory, a survey to identify and verify the importance of and the need for training…