Specific examples of curriculum-based community service from elementary through university level are cited in response to criticisms of education. The use of resources in assisting professionals is cited in several contexts: social work, medicine, police work, etc. The particular emphasis is on youth, especially those readily available. (AG)

The article describes the contributions of social work in two areas, in grass roots community organization and in social planning. As a partial response to the growing connection between the two areas, the writers have attempted to adapt the community organization curriculum of a professional school of social work. (Author/AG)

In discussing the influence of texts in everyday lives, the author draws attention to their pervasive character in development work and how lives are ruled by them. The example used is the organizational and institutional development processes involved in creating a social service training program in a community college. (JOW)