Describes four outreach programs that connect businesses and post-secondary institutions with schools and their science curricula. Mobile science laboratories provide services and access to science equipment to students and their teachers. (DDR)

Factors associated with completing a follow-up interview in an AIDS outreach/intervention project targeting out-of-treatment crack smokers were studied through 409 baseline interviews and 288 follow-up interviews. The study demonstrates that access to hard-to-reach subjects for follow-up is possible. Methods to enhance follow-up rates are…

Only 10% of schools have achieved genuine partnerships with their families and communities. This article summarizes decades of research demonstrating the importance of risk-taking principals, teacher engagement, diverse involvement opportunities, outside facilitators, family-welcoming strategies, learning at home, effective school-home…

Students from Drexel University (n=15) spent three weeks training and seven weeks serving as volunteer literacy tutors in learners' neighborhoods in the Literacy Training and Participation Program. Compared to an earlier study in a campus setting, there were no differences in academic achievement or quality of life outcomes. (JOW)

Describes the instructional method, Client-Life Cycle GIS Project Learning, used in a course at Indiana University of Pennsylvania that enables students to learn with and about geographic information system (GIS). Discusses the course technical issues in GIS and an example project using this method. (CMK)

In response to high numbers of preventable fatal accidents in the logging industry, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) developed a week-long logger safety training program that includes hands-on learning of safety techniques in the woods. Reaching small operators has been challenging; outreach initiatives in Maine, North…

Describes the Hagen Open University in West Germany that enables men serving long jail sentences to study by correspondence courses. Interviews participating prisoners and those responsible for founding and running the program. (DB)

Assesses the Schools Reaching Out programs at two elementary schools in Roxbury (MA) and New York City. Emphasis has been on input goals, not on outcomes, so that little progress in academic achievement has actually been made. Input goals, however, have been met. (DM)

Home-school-community collaborative programs often fail because of lack of administrative support and the difficulty of involving many lower income parents. Recommends supervision at the district level and care in choosing programs and personnel appropriate to the site. (DM)

Describes the College of Micronesia in terms of its history, efforts to meet regional needs and student goals, network of community education centers, facilities, programs and services. Examines the academic life of the college's 1,200 students and the challenges posed by the social and economic transformation affecting the entire three-nation…

An outreach program focusing on group intervention helped children and adolescents in a distressed Minnesota farm community to cope with the stress of family change. The program provided support groups, taught problem-solving and decision-making skills, and encouraged expression of feelings and group cooperation. (SV)

Five articles discuss current publications and reports concerning youth. Topics include: (1) services that states must provide to fulfill requirements of the federal independent living program; (2) progress of handicapped children in schools; (3) ways in which southern states have faced their problems; (4) girls' substance abuse; and (5) youth and…

Descriptions of the 12 specialized information centers of the National Agricultural Library (NAL) include subject coverage, information services provided, information technologies used, and staffing. The development of the Rural Information Center, a joint venture between the Extension Service and NAL to provide information services to local…

Describes the development of the Rural Issues Collection by the Central Kansas Library System, which is meant to deal with the problems of rural residents going through transition. The discussion covers the cooperative relationship developed between the library system and the extension service to make residents aware of library resources and…

Reviews the history and structure of ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), and describes the resources provided by the system that offer opportunities for networking by education librarians. Such resources include the ERIC database, publications, search services, document delivery services, and outreach programs. Opportunities for…