The current status of career education can be described at local, state, and national levels. Although 5,000 of the 17,000 school districts in the U.S. have initiated some kind of career education effort, fewer than 500 have received federal funds. The quantity of effort expended at the local school district level has exceeded the quality by a…

An expressed purpose of the Teacher Corps program is to encourage and assist changes in teacher education directed toward better ways to prepare teachers for work in areas of concentration of low-income families. Too often community involvement in such programs takes place after most decisions and plans have been made. As the 1970-72 Teacher Corps…

This paper considers the history of the church-related college in the United States: the importance of the denominational role in the founding of these colleges, the circumstances of their founding and growth, and the role of financial support because of affiliation with a denomination. The vision of the church-related college, this paper…

This conference was sponsored jointly by Valencia Community College and the Institute of Higher Education of the University of Florida. The presentations of the conference speakers and panelists are provided here. In keynoting the conference, Gunder Myran offered a description of "community-based education" as the ideal future of the community…

This article recommends that educational and recreational activities celebrating the Bicentennial be joint school community projects. A guide listing resources and ideas should be available to planning committees. (DS)

Describes the development of a day care center which has, from its inception, mobilized and utilized the resources of the family, the neighborhood, the community and the county. The program stresses involvement of parents as policy makers. (BR)

Participants of the second semiannual meeting of the Arizona Mexican American Political Conference, held in Tucson on September 24, 1977, discussed the Mexican American influence and involvement in local, state, and national politics. (NQ)

The construction, design, and use of the Plains Indian tipi are discussed in this article. (JC)

Reports on Carlos Arce's study, one of the few available on this subject, of the rule of Chicanos in higher education. (JP)

The community is a source of support that the schools have overlooked for too long. Citizen participation in school decision making can lead a school into change. (Author/IRT)

A "Walkabout" program for second-semester seniors at a public alternative school is described. Cited as keys to the program's effectiveness are staff commitment of one-half their workload and intensive and clearly defined student preparation. Students not participating engage in a similar but briefer independent learning project in the…

How volunteers help in the Special Olympics is discussed. (RC)

Stresses the advantages of utilizing community members to develop a positive public relations image rather than simply as advisory groups in solving educational problems. (Author/RK)

A week-long special program introduced the students of Northern Cambria High School to their coal-mining heritage and involved members of the coal industry and of the community. (IRT)

Seattle's KCTS/9 solicits and utilizes community input in making SPC-III decisions. (Author)