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Rodale Press, Inc., Emmaus, PA. – 1986
Many communities are unaware of the power they have and are therefore unfamiliar with how to use it. This document, by the Regeneration Project in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, is directed toward helping community leaders identify and develop opportunities that will help them expand their businesses, employment, and tax base, and improve their overall…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Coordination, Community Development, Community Programs
Collins, Paul V.; And Others – 1980
Growing out of a meeting to explore alternative directions for community-based education in the Teacher Corps Program, the three papers in this document provide insight into how neighborhood involvement, the coordination and collaborative delivery of human services, and the utilization of political processes can be used to strengthen a community's…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Nigro, Carol A.; Ventura, Ann M. – Appalachia, 1988
Uses question-and-answer format to profile Edna Compton, director of Dungannon (Virginia) Development Commission, an economic development group formed and managed by local people. Commission improved education, housing, and employment in area. Compton discusses process, achievements, and goals held by commission and herself. (TES)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change, Community Coordination
Peer reviewedKelly, James G. – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1986
Discusses common themes in five papers on rural community psychology: myth that rural life is naturally supportive, importance of community needs in designing prevention programs, risks of labeling diseases, rural psychologists as developers/advocates, using advice/direct suggestion, thinking in systems/ecological terms, role/boundary conflicts,…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Coordination, Community Development
Wall, Milan; Luther, Vicki – 2000
It is increasingly clear that even the best schools must engage in systematic and continuous appraisal of their performance, in partnership with the community. A joint planning process could start by engaging citizens in identifying critical issues, relevant assets, and key strategies that can move the community toward a preferred future. Chapter…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation, Community Attitudes, Community Coordination
Sinclair, Robert L., Ed. – 1983
Presented are ideas for promoting learning both within and beyond the walls of the schools. The first essay, "The Meaning of Commmunity Education: An Historical Perspective" by Ralph W. Tyler, examines community education in primitive societies, in the colonial period, and in 19th and 20th century America. The challenge of the present is also…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Community Coordination, Community Education, Community Resources
