Reviews the relationship between higher education and the community, proposing an alternative mission for urban community colleges. Recommends the training and involvement of community professionals as linkage agents, independent contractors/enablers, community consultants, change agents, and adult educators. Outlines problem areas in rapidly…

Describes a strategy for a community development program that was to identify and connect needs and services through coordinated networks of organized citizens, businesses, agency staff, and local government. Reports that the strategy resulted in such programs as a county information service, a family life center, an interagency council, and a…

Given the entrenchment of professional dominance and the decrease in lay influence, the establishment of School Site Councils in California will probably not radically alter the structure of educational governance. The author suggests that if professional power continues to grow unchecked, it will pose a threat to democratic principles. (Author/WD)

The goal of this development program is to combine greater community orientation with traditional concerns of academic geography. Describes objectives and activities designed to increase community awareness of, and opportunities to apply, geographic knowledge and methods. (Author/CK)

Guidelines are offered to help school districts obtain the same level of community involvement as was reached in Tucson (Arizona) by the schools' committee on district facilities utilization. (MLF)

The Nevada sex education law states that a Sex Education Advisory Committee must be appointed to advise the school board concerning the content of and materials to be used in the course of instruction and the recommended ages of the pupils to whom the course is being offered. (JN)

Outlines the author's participation in several programs designed to effect change in educational institutions. Observations regarding school decentralization, community participation, and staff development programs are presented. (APM)

Examines issues and special problems of older women caring for disabled spouses. Describes a multiservice project designed to provide support and respite for this high-risk group of caregivers. Implications for policy and practice are discussed with recommendations for further study. (RC)

Describes a secondary school unit to help students understand the working class skills, economics, and politics of their community. Students study the local logging industry, the effect of the logger and the union on the lives of community people, past struggles, and present conditions of loggers. (KC)

After a review of various nonmedical intervention procedures for child maltreatment, this paper examines specific, empirically evaluated psychological intervention treatments. Methodological and ethical issues concerning outcome research on maltreatment intervention are also discussed. (Author/EB)

Successful provision for the curriculum needs of students in small schools in the 1980s requires design, planning, hard work, and commitment, as well as administrative leadership, involvement of the board of education, staff participation, resources outside the district, and inservice activities. (SB)

Discusses prevention efforts focused on child abuse and neglect, with attention paid to concepts of prevention, community involvement, community volunteers, and a community prevention plan. (DB)

Using actual events, the authors show how vocational students and the community benefit by learning experiences conducted beyond school walls. Lists 20 ideas for energizing advisory councils, and examines a contract that helps ensure success for special needs students in work experience programs. (CT)

The author reviews life in the 1970s and 1980s from the viewpoint of a home economist living in the future--1995. Focuses are on family and community, role of community. lifelong learning centers, the role of computers, and information retrieval. (CT)

Citing young people's seemingly extensive--but actually superficial--knowledge about drugs, the author suggests that students need drug education which stresses self-awareness and decision making. He outlines the type of teacher training and community involvement needed for such a program. (SJL)