A survey of 67 professionals who design and implement leadership programs identified who they considered to be ideal partners. Results indicate that institutions of higher education should work with community-based organizations to plan and deliver these programs. (Contains 13 references.) (JOW)

This paper uses the Engineering Industrial Support Program (EISP) as an example for suggesting methods to program evaluators of separating corporate interests from community interests. It also presents alternatives for dealing with organizational resistance. The problems involved in creating and implementing EISP in three Michigan school districts…

Surveyed a national sample of university family-housing staff (N=37) about promoting community life in family housing. The survey resulted in a comprehensive definition of community and a rank-ordered list of factors that promote or inhibit the development of community. (RC)

This report focuses on the potential of Workforce Investment Act Youth Councils (YCs) to become proponents of and planners for coordinated youth services and to advocate for improved outcomes for in-school and out-of-school youth, whether a person qualifies for services under the act or not. The study reviews plans and strategies of YCs in these…

The Florida State Advisory Council on Vocational Education funded a study to determine the extent to which programs involved in vocational training represent a consistent, integrated, and coordinated approach to meeting vocational education, employment, and training needs of Florida, and to determine present and emerging patterns of governance of…