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Russell, Kenneth A. – Online Submission, 2009
This study examines how communities participate in schools across diverse contexts in developing countries and the results attributed to community participation. It reviews evaluations of participatory approaches to education in developing countries to answer two basic questions: 1) How do communities participate in school in developing countries?…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Institutional Characteristics, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ellis, Timothy J.; And Others – Community Education Journal, 1993
Presents a community visioning model that represents an attempt to provide a proactive, future-oriented planning model. The process includes developing shared purposes, detailing a broad-based vision, organizing it into themes, and developing a broader vision for each theme. (JOW)
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Support, Futures (of Society)
Barg, Sylvia K.; Hirsch, Carl – Aging and Human Development, 1972
This paper is a description and evaluation of the Philadelphia Model Cities Senior Wheels East program. (DM)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Support, Experimental Programs, Low Income Groups
Feiber, Ann M., Ed.; And Others – 1973
This guide to the city resources of Charlotte, North Carolina, is also useful as a model guide for other communities. Listed for each of the 145 subjects from "accounting" to "zoning" are community business men and women, organizations, institutions, and individual citizens willing to provide real-life illustrations of subjects often only read…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Resources, Community Support, Curriculum Development
Stevens, Mary A. – 1978
During 1977 and 1978, Black Hawk College, Moline, Illinois, served as one of eleven national demonstration models in the development of community college-coordinated, community-based discussion forums. In fall 1977 the college was joined by twenty-seven co-sponsoring community organizations in holding nine town meetings to discuss topics suggested…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Community Support, Cooperative Planning
O'Brien, John – 1999
This report discusses the need to provide people with disabilities with accessible opportunities for community contribution and to provide the individualized supports and assistance necessary to enable their participation. Two strategies are discussed for realizing these objectives: adequate individual funding controlled by people with…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Advocacy, Attitude Change
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Woodrum, Pat, Ed. – Journal of Library Administration, 1989
The 16 articles in this issue focus on planning for future trends in public library administration. Topics discussed include leadership qualities; administrator education; collective bargaining; funding and budgeting; governance; user fees; collection management; community involvement and support; special population groups; services to educational…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Budgeting, Collective Bargaining, Community Information Services