In this article the authors reflect on KerryAnn O'Meara and Audrey Jaeger's 2006 article, "Preparing Future Faculty for Community Engagement: Barriers, Facilitators, Models, and Recommendations" (EJ1092909) reprinted in this 20th anniversary issue of "Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement." Ten years ago, O'Meara…

This paper will critically examine the changing social relations of responsibility associated with Australia's current regional "experiment" in environmental governance. This experiment centrally involves the transfer of responsibility for natural resource management (NRM) from Federal and State governments to community-based regional…

A university president discusses his goal to use the college years, when students live closely together, to create a community where individuals assume responsibility for each other. The writer advocates decision-making with this goal in mind at the forefront. Outdoor spaces and gardens with benches need to be designed to function as inviting…

Instead of attacking problems on an individual basis, structures should be built to enable communities to become healthy places for families. Communities must become empowered to determine their priorities and fight for them. (JOW)

Community educators must stress that "community" involves a sense of collective responsibility, with collective defined in a sense that transcends the boundaries of the immediate residential neighborhood. (Author)

Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) have a recognized track record of preparing graduates for leadership. Perhaps not as well known, however, is the role they have played in growing their own leaders from student to tribal college president. This article presents a few stories of those people who have risen from the student ranks to lead their…

Reviews the background of and salient issues raised by a 1982 Supreme Court decision in the case arising from a boycott (begun in 1966) of certain Port Gibson, Mississippi, businesses by local Blacks and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (GC)

Advocates total community support for families whose children must care for themselves during out-of-school hours while their caregivers are working. (MP)

This memorial lecture offers a synoptic overview of the history of childhood and a selective discussion of the current state of children's rights in Australia. Attention is drawn to now generally recognized rights of children and to specific legislation or policy in Australia relative to each of those rights. Specific recommendations, thought to…

What is the legal liability of parole board members and staff for acts committed by persons on community supervision? The answer is affected largely by whether the particular official involved enjoys absolute, rather than qualified, immunity, but again, the matter remains unsettled. These issues and others should be resolved promptly. (Author)

The author states that we must inquire deeply into the supports of liberty; these supports being the factor of power in its several overt forms, the facts of geography, the rule of law, interest in the general welfare, and knowledge of the nature of man. (CT)

Reviews the history of community education as a philosophy, beginning in 1899. Highlights milestone publications and events that have contributed to the growth of the movement. (SK)

Gives examples of health care areas that are the responsibility of individuals and the community: water and sanitation, nutrition and food habits, and family planning. Stresses the role of adult education in changing people's attitudes toward their own health care. (CT)

Probes the issue of state intervention in child-rearing for the good of the child. (CM)

Examines both positive and negative community issues and community responses to the epidemic caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. (JOW)