Describes the licensed, Medicaid-certified adult day-care center at Virginia Tech, which provides research, teaching, and public service opportunities for faculty and students. The processes of design, funding, licensure and certification, and marketing are explained. (SK)

Schools are discovering a wealth of experience and expertise available in their communities' senior populations. The graying of America guarantees older adults' continuing availability as a volunteer force. This article provides advice on developing intergenerational and outreach programs, stressing recruitment strategies and benefits of senior…

An award-winning teacher-recruitment program in Atlanta, Georgia, increased its pool of minority candidates by training enthusiastic staff as volunteer university recruiters. The district improved the program further by targeting more black colleges, casting a nationwide recruitment net, cooperating with 11 other school districts, and instituting…

Describes the humanitarian efforts of St. Luke's Parish to reach out to the community and help others. Its attempts to spread justice and peace have made it a healing presence in southern society. (YKH)

Describes the development of a new television show on PBS called "Between the Lions" that is aimed at developing literacy of primary school children. Set in a library, the show's producers met with librarians for advice and will have libraries participating in local outreach programs to help promote the show. (LRW)

Considers how current university-school partnerships point the way toward the most potentially transformative areas of programming in education today. Describes the key developments in the past few years in California regarding the Humanities Out There (HOT) program. (SC)

Describes how the Seattle (Washington) Public Library celebrated National Poetry Month in 1997 with readings, workshops, lectures, and poem-a-day display boards in libraries and community centers. Suggests ways libraries can organize programs, activities, exhibits, and displays for National Poetry Month (April) at minimal cost and staff effort.…

Outlines characteristics of transformational leadership: clear vision, strategic goals, decisiveness, willingness to listen, and commitment to change. Uses the Extension unit of the University of Alberta to illustrate a model of continuing studies and issues faced by deans. (Contains 14 references.) (SK)

Discusses the need for research scientists to come out of their labs and establish links with communities and the need for scientists of color who can better gain access to the communities most often affected by problems such as environmental hazards. Describes ways to encourage this reaching out and breaking of stereotypes about scientists among…

Reports on the Community College of Baltimore County's (Maryland) service learning program for diversity education, which is unique to American community colleges. States that students and faculty members spent two weeks in Belize, establishing a summer camp program for children to develop English skills. Asserts that volunteers benefited from the…

In a British project, learning advisers in doctors' offices took referrals from health care staff and assisted patients in accessing learning opportunities. The project targeted hard-to-reach adults and demonstrated that health, well-being, and learning are linked. (SK)

Interviews Father James Walsh, former director of the National Catholic Education Association's (NCEA) seminary department. Contends that he greatly increased the NCEA's outreach to seminaries through his publications and other work. States that Father Walsh left the organization to become a pastor, and is now editor of Grace Under Pressure, which…

A Maine elementary principal discovered that a family game night, complete with food and door prizes, helps build a sense of community by giving parents an opportunity to interact informally with school staff and students. It is particularly effective with previously uninvolved parents. (MLH)

Examined needs expressed by young people in Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico, during phone calls to the Mexican Social Security Institute. Differences were significant by gender and age. Findings point to the need for more programs that reinforce good health practices, including avoiding risky behaviors. (BF)

Discusses several school and community motivation techniques principals can employ to improve school climate, teacher and staff morale, and a positive community attitude toward the school. (PKP)