This study inventories the urban activities of institutions of higher education in the Winston-Salem area and reports a significant series of social and economic indicators for nine urbanized areas in North Carolina. Part I consists of a series of excerpts from a collection of nine documents and reports concerned with development policy, planning…

The document discusses a project that sought to create sustainable service learning programs in community colleges. In 1997, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) (District of Columbia) began a 3-year grant project to increase the number, quality, and sustainability of service learning programs in community colleges nationwide.…

Project WILD's new high school curriculum, "Science and Civics: Sustaining Wildlife", is designed to serve as a guide for involving students in environmental action projects aimed at benefitting the local wildlife found in a community. It involves young people in decisions affecting people, wildlife, and their shared habitat in the community. The…

IN THIS REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE FOR A CONTINUOUS PROGRESS EDUCATION CENTER FOR ABOUT 3,500 RACIALLY MIXED STUDENTS AT THE PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND SECONDARY LEVELS. SINCE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN ON A CENTER AT THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS CONVERT TO THE CONTINUOUS…

A project to map the outlines of school-community initiatives for educational improvement was undertaken to provide more information about these cooperative efforts. The mapping project aimed to identify the major types, purposes, and strategies of school-community initiatives and explore the dynamics of implementing, sustaining, and expanding…

Sherwood Junior High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has developed a successful career education program with the aid of the community, teacher workshops, and other career-oriented activities to meet student needs and interests. (MW)

This sourcebook has been compiled for educators in museums and schools who are interested in learning of ways in which their colleagues from cultural and educational institutions have worked together. Over 50 programs are described. Emphasis is on the collaborative effort rather than the resulting program. The following questions are answered: Why…

This report describes an educational program designed to utilize community volunteers to relieve school staff of nonprofessional duties, to reinforce the instruction of teaching staff with volunteers trained for particular service, to offer individual help to children to stimulate their interest, to enrich the educational program by making…

Described is the career education approach used in the Savona, New York, school system, which includes a five-part career education planning model. Broader-based community efforts in career education provide the framework within which school programs are developed. (CT)

Provides an overview of a seven-step process in the development of a cooperative school and community incentive program designed to increase safety belt use among high school students. The process involved community leaders, school officials, students, and local law enforcement personnel in its design, implementation, and evaluation. (GLR)

The purpose of this study was to better understand the perceptions of employers and graduates regarding the applied baccalaureate degree when conferred by community colleges. By better understanding the perceptions of employers and graduates, community colleges considering offering applied baccalaureate degrees will have some context within which…

Getting students, teachers, and the entire community to read the same books at the same time has its challenges--but many more rewards. In this article, the author describes how West Morris Regional High School District in Chester, New Jersey, formed a "literacy club" for everyone in the school and the local community to encourage…

The manual is designed to be used with a basic one-week training program for adult education personnel. It is not intended to guide teachers toward modifying existing programs, piloting new programs, or institutionalizing a new idea. It was designed to help teachers identify the purpose of the typical adult student, to give specific information to…

The author describes how her personal interest in puzzles led her to create Puzzle Parties at the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico. Now regular events, these puzzle parties attract several hundred adults and children from the community. (SJL)

One-fourth of all ninth graders in the United States will not graduate from high school within four years, despite the fact that the 21st Century workplace requires more advanced knowledge and skills than ever before. Recognizing the need for a comprehensive strategy to keep teens in school and ensure that they graduate prepared for the future,…