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Taylor, Henry Louis, Jr.; McGlynn, Linda Greenough – New Directions for Youth Development, 2009
Universities, because of their vast human and fiscal resources, can play the central role in assisting in the development of school-centered community development programs that make youth development their top priority. The Futures Academy, a K-8 public school in the Fruit Belt, an inner-city neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, offers a useful…
Descriptors: Community Development, Youth Programs, Educational Opportunities, Educational Change
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Honeyman, Catherine A. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
This article extends understanding of the connections between education, social capital, and development through a mixed-methods case study of the Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial, or SAT, an innovative secondary-level education system. The quantitative dimension of the research used survey measures of social responsibility to compare 93 SAT…
Descriptors: Community Development, Foreign Countries, Social Responsibility, Educational Experience
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Neave, Guy – European Journal of Education, 1979
Case studies concerning the impact of the "traditional sector" of higher education and "nonformal" education upon regional development are presented. The interplay between education and regional developments, effects of education on aspects of cultural and social mobilization, and problems of control that result from…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Cultural Enrichment, Economic Development