Data from 12 rural community problem-solving groups working with extension agents were studied to explore the relationship between group and individual growth and (1) agent self-actualization and (2) certain group trait variables. Individual and group growth was found to be highly related to small group size, high ratings of problem importance,…

Author visited one of Liverpool's more recent experiments in community education. (Editor/RK)

Financial education is essential, yet on average, adults scored 57 percent on basic economic knowledge, according to the "Standards in Economics Survey" conducted in 1999 for the National Council on Economic Education. The Community Affairs Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland surveyed financial institutions and community…

A living systems model of community development has been synthesized from elements of three perspectives: (1) a global movement toward more sustainable patterns of human development that is identifying indicators of community health in a wide range of categories; (2) research on the complex interactions of living systems that make life on earth…

This report identifies local factors that foster rural economic growth. A review of the literature revealed potential indicators of county economic growth, and those indicators were then tested against data for nonmetro counties during the 1980s using multiple regression analysis. The principal variables examined included demographic and labor…

In Bologna, Italy, in 1999 a declaration was signed that spelled out the beginnings of a common European Higher Education Area. At a summit in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2001, the idea initiated in Bologna was clearly endorsed. In the successive period from 2001 to 2003, awareness of the importance of the Bologna process and the real need for the…

This guide presents basic information on searching the World Wide Web and lists selected Web sites and links to resources that contain information on rural development. The guide describes and differentiates among search engines, Web directories, metacrawlers, and mutations. Searching tips include: using quotation marks around phrases; using plus…

Every community has areas--public parks, schoolyards, sidewalks--that are neglected, vandalized, or just plain run down. Young people can help clean up those places by getting involved in a community cleanup project. As explained in this bulletin, a community cleanup is a project in which volunteers of all ages work together to spruce up a chosen…

This paper outlines major trends affecting both the nature of urban problems and the shape of much public interest problem-solving in the urban United States. Trends affecting cities and regions include the continued suburbanization of jobs, wealth, and political power; the evolution of a skill-intensive and networked global economy in which…

Discusses various aspects of the role of students in community development and social service programs around the world, including rural and urban development, problems of locus of leadership, racial or religious tensions, and the needs of youth themselves. (SF)

The sense of unity, of community, is lost because we have gone far beyond the human scale in which the individual can contain the social will and the social will can be an instrument ofpersonal fulfilment. Decision-makers need to move toward multi-purpose planning embracing the full spectrum of human needs. (Author)

Eight projects were filmed as part of a program of social change in a rural disintegrated neighborhood. The films were shown to local residents and to the wider community. (NQ)

Describes the intervention strategies adopted in the Liverpool Priority Project and presents a case for closer relationships between education with the social, economic, and political institutions of the neighborhood in which the community school could form the integrating hub. (Author/JM)

Special Urban Issue. Former Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture defines rural development and urges leadership in the area to assure balanced growth in the nation. (DS)

The Lemberg Center studied youth patrols in twelve cities during 1967 to discuss why and how they were formed, their part in restoring or maintaining order, and their effect on community relations. (JM)