This case study of Florida State University (FSU) Panama City illustrates the essential importance of strong synergy among a branch campus, its main campus, and its community. The interdependence of the branch campus and its community is highlighted through discussion of the role of the campus administrator, various partnerships, and niche…

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?…

Author describes with some winning practical advice, how schools can run successful campaigns for referenda. (GB)

The university is responsible to its surrounding community as well as its internal constituency. The university must consult with community organizations and win their approval for its plans for expansion or face the possibility of delays and financial loss. Urban universities face common problems with surrounding communities when expanding.…

Reviews three options for closing the financial resource gap in education, including reduction, efficient operation, and mobilization of additional resources. Suggests that pressure for private funding may be counterproductive. Examines the complicated potential of community financing which requires collective authority and some form of community…

Defines community education. Examines six of its components (community involvement, interagency coordination, adult programs, use of community facilities, youth programs, and the K-12 educational program) and some of its benefits (cost effectiveness, community responsibility for education, community awareness and support of education, and…

This study illustrates and analyzes the part which community self-help has played in the financing of education in Kenya. Particular attention is paid to the view that although such local communities tend to reduce short-term costs for governments, they limit, at the same time, the opportunities to develop new and wider strategies of educational…

Based on the deliberations and outcomes of the National Assembly on the Strengthening of the Humanities, this report contains recommendations for the improvement of humanities education in community colleges. The first article in the report, "Reviving the Humanities: Data and Direction," by Arthur M. Cohen and Florence B. Brawer, provides…

Public financing for education and an array of other children's services has become a topic of significant political concern. This toolkit is intended to assist state and local leaders, who are charged with writing bills and formulating legislative strategies, to create state/community partnerships that will facilitate the development of…

One of a series designed to help school arts support groups increase public commitment to their programs, this monograph addresses the concerns of local school boards in instituting or maintaining arts education. Content is divided into 10 sections that cover rationale for arts education, local problems of budgeting and cutbacks, obtaining backing…

This document consists of two publications: the five-year state plan for career education in Kansas and a handbook providing guidelines for program development at the local school level. The plan includes the following information: (1) the results of a two-year needs assessment survey; (2) its two goals: first, to increase awareness of the…