This examination of parent and community involvement in elementary and secondary education is in two parts. The brief first section considers the historical aspects, identifies the various possible kinds of involvement and the benefits that result, as well as some of the obstacles that may be encountered. The second section is an extensive review…

No institution is better positioned to address the problems facing today's communities than the community college. The colleges are community-based and, through community-based programming (CBP), can place themselves at the center of the organizations and institutions, and collaborate with formal or informal leaders devoted to resolving community…

The extent of citizen participation is influenced by local community factors, the character of Federal agency policy, and the purposes of Federal legislators and administrators. The latter include: decrease of alienation, engagement of the "sick" individual in the healing process, creation of a neighborhood power force able to influence the…