Community college leaders are using many strategies to improve their students' ability to complete their studies, particularly their academically underprepared students. In recent years, these strategies have included adaptations of an approach long used in four-year colleges known as "learning communities," in which groups of students…

This "how-to" book details the practical issues involved in converting from a traditional to a nongraded elementary school. Chapters discuss staff preparation, curriculum reorganization, grouping, use of teacher aides, and team teaching. Included also are chapters on an Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I project, the role of…