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Brown, Robert E.; Reed, Celeste Sturdevant; Bates, Laura V.; Knaggs, David; Casey, Karen McKnight; Barnes, Jessica V. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2006
This article describes one university's approach to transformative engagement: An engagement process based not on transfer of expertise from university to community (technology transfer), but rather on an interactive process in which all partners apply critical thinking skills to complex community problems. Iterative in nature, it is informed by a…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Best Practices, Citizen Participation
Punke, Harold H. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1973
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Problems, Community Programs
COVELLO, LEONARD
HIGHLIGHTED IN THESE REMARKS ARE THE EXPERIENCES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL, A COMMUNITY-CENTERED SCHOOL IN EAST HARLEM, FROM ITS BEGINNINGS IN 1934 TO THE PRESENT. AT THE OUTSET, A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL WAS FORMED TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS OF CITIZENSHIP, PARENT EDUCATION, RACE, AND JUVENILE AID, AND, AT ONE POINT IN THE SCHOOL'S HISTORY,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Problems, Community Programs, Ethnic Groups
Bobosski, Rita Cipalla – American Education, 1977
The Center for Community Organization and Area Development prods residents of a tri-state area to understand their problems and then stirs them to come up with solutions. (Editor)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Development, Community Problems
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Ward, Carolyn M. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1995
Examines the Friedens Haus coalition of St. Louis (Missouri) and its partnership with Clay Elementary School designed to address educational inequities and meet inner-city community needs. The article describes the interventions used to address inequities and provides an evaluation of the coalition's efforts as a community education model. (GR)
Descriptors: Church Role, College School Cooperation, Community Education, Community Problems
Tompkins, Rachel B.; And Others – 1976
This paper describes what has happened in Cleveland, Ohio, over the past 18 months as various community leaders and organizations have focused on a possible court order to desegregate the city schools. It focuses on the actions and reactions of various groups and the specific activities undertaken to prepare the community. The paper notes several…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Attitudes, Community Education, Community Involvement
ACTION, Washington, DC. – 1972
This report endorses the concept of student volunteer programs and suggests that the high school and community organize their authority and resources to establish such programs. If both community needs and interested students exist, then the high school can coordinate individual projects into a coherent program to eliminate duplicated efforts, to…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Problems, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs