Considers the leadership role played by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) in curriculum development. Reviews AACJC's public policy agenda for 1987. Traces the organization's role in establishing economic development as a curricular priority for two-year colleges, and briefly describes award-winning partnerships…

Learning from evaluation is discussed with reference to the experiences of the Norwegian aid administration. The study demonstrates that evaluation builds learning through involvement and through communication. An organization can maximize its learning by making the two modes supplement each other. (SLD)

Describes the impact of information technology on higher education. Highlights include balancing the educational mission between research, teaching, and service; accountability; the growing knowledge base; limited resources; the influence of universities on economic development; systemic change; strategic planning; learning environments;…

Revenues generated by tribal gaming can build a good foundation for American Indian education, which is the key to long-term economic stability and development of Indian communities. Stresses the need for tribal unity and suggests that the National Indian Gaming Association can promote unity by offering scholarships with preference given to…

Examines aspects of American Indian world views and values relevant to economic development policy; specifically, sense of community, connectedness of everything, consideration of future generations, and humility toward nature. Discusses constraints on economic development arising from these values and the relevance of common property ownership…

The goals of this study are: (1) accelerated progress towards primary education for children, especially girls; and (2) the improvement of women's lives with regard to health, education, status, choices, and rights and opportunities, including the availability of family planning information and services in the Egyptian community. (LZ)

A study of 50 land grant universities found increasing involvement in economic development activities. Historically black colleges appeared to be comparatively less involved, and institutions with larger budgets appeared more committed to economic development. University location (region) was not a significant factor. (MSE)

Examines congruence of attitudes toward economic development between rural community residents and local government officials in rapidly growing northern New Hampshire. Profiles and compares survey subjects' sociodemographic characteristics, community tenure, and general attitudinal disposition. Results highlight substantive differences between…

Uses human capital theory to support the role of community colleges in economic development, indicating that improving job skills and preparing students for employment are economic development activities and within the college mission. Firm-specific training should not be college subsidized unless part of an economic development strategy. (DMM)

Discusses characteristics identified by the Center for Occupational Research and Development as indicative of fully functioning advanced technology centers, including the provision of training and retraining in such areas as design, manufacturing, materials science, and electro-optics; technology transfer; demonstration sites; needs assessment;…

Reviews economic and social science theories on the role of the school in economic development. Presents a case study of an underdeveloped rural Tennessee county where school improvement efforts were unsuccessful because of the sociological, political, economic, and cultural setting in which the school system operates. (KS)

Critically responds to an article by Aleksandr Tsipko. Argues that Soviet economic development has been marred not by a failure to accommodate the human factor, as Tsipko suggests, but by a lack of individual self-evaluation. Contends that successful socioeconomic progress depends upon individual moral development. (CH)

The work experience of the African-American woman is often overlooked. In this article, the development/underdevelopment model, usually applied to the depressed situation of the Third World, is used to assess the dynamics of race, class, and gender for African-American females in the labor market. (SLD)

Argues that (1) vocational education and job training must be responsive to market forces to influence economic development; (2) national policies must encourage links between training and market forces and a balance between public and private training; and (3) strategies must incorporate the social and political contexts. (SK)

Explores ways that rural community colleges can develop collaborations and relationships that foster educational access and economic development. Discusses the Rural Community College Initiative, a program that assists colleges in the United States' most distressed rural areas in designing locally effective educational practices. (EMH)