Community is important to many institutions of higher learning, but it is very difficult to imagine Berea College disconnected from its primary community--the Appalachian region. Since its mid-nineteenth-century beginning as a radical experiment in interracial education and coeducation centered in community, the college has been dedicated to…

Explores ways in which community development can be integrated into community colleges through their outreach programs, such as community services and community education. Clarifies the importance of the role of community development in community colleges and the relative ease with which it can be incorporated. (NRJ)

Reviews ERIC documents dealing with community services functions, community education, community development, and the involvement of the community with community colleges. (DMM)

This annual report highlights the activities and accomplishments of Daytona Beach Community College's Center for Small Business (CSB), which offers on an ongoing basis counseling sessions, seminars, workshops, and a resource library for local businesses. Following introductory material which describes the CSB advisory board and summarizes recent…

Describes a student service-learning program in the Cumberland Mountains in southeastern Kentucky called Appalachian Leadership and Community Outreach (ALCOR). ALCOR provides various community services in 20 counties with six mountain colleges and private and public organizations. Several ALCOR colleges give academic credit for the ALCOR learning.…

From 1989 to 1995, the American Association of Community Colleges implemented the Beacon College Project to help community colleges develop creative and practical community-building strategies through collaborative initiatives. This report reviews the philosophy behind the project and describes goals and outcomes for the 26 institutions selected…

Saltville, Virginia, is a former company town whose main employer, a soda ash plant, shut down on July 1, 1971. The closure of the chemical plant displaced 700 workers, and created a crisis that threatened not only the existence of the town, but of the entire region. In response, Virginia Highlands Community College (VHCC), in cooperation with the…

This document summarizes what was learned from a 3-year Manchester (United Kingdom) project designed to combat racism in higher education and the community. The lessons learned from the study are intended to help other colleges focus on the issue of racism and how it can be tackled openly in a community education context. After some background…

This volume contains the texts of the papers and discussions presented at a conference on community-based development. The following materials are included: "Opening Remarks" (John Zippert); "Guest Speaker Remarks" (Colman McCarthy); "Community-Based Development" (Blandina Cardenas Ramirez); "Community-Based Colleges" (panel discussions moderated…

This article presents a case in which age was isolated as a highly significant factor affecting reported community satisfaction. Authors explain the findings as the result of four factors: (1) selective migration, (2) influence of length of residence, (3) acceptance of one's surroundings as one ages, and (4) rising expectations among the younger…

A university social service (USS) experiment in literacy training and adult education was carried out during the 1986 academic year at the National University of Lujan, Argentina. A literacy and post-literacy training program was devised for a district on the outskirts of Lujan, in which students in the second year of the education science course…

This Project SHARE bibliography lists 43 documents that are representative of the literature concerning the effects of neighborhood consensus on human services delivery. It is divided into three sections: abstracts, an alphabetical list of personal or corporate authors, and a title index. The abstracts are preceded by citation data to aid in…