The author states that work-study and work-experience programs provide valuable experience in business offices and that teachers should find ways to provide these experiences for students. Suggestions include visiting local business firms, having businessmen and others as guest speakers, and a job fair for prospective graduates. (MF)

Considers mechanisms for recruiting lifelong learners to adult education programs, including outreach courses, media, surveys, scholarships, referral systems, special orientation sessions, satellite centers, and individualized support system. Describes the benefits of an increased adult enrollment to the community, the college, and the students.…

Racial segregation in housing and racially identifiable schools each contribute to the existence of the other. The case of Milwaukee shows that the Supreme Court's efforts to construe school cases narrowly should fail and that policymakers should take a broad perspective on racial problems. (RLV)

The impact of establishing Belgium's Louvain Catholic University in a rural area is discussed in terms of: increased population and spending power; employment and economic activity directly and indirectly related to the university; and collective equipment and its repercussion on social-cultural evolution. (JMF)

Effective utilization of community agents in the marketing process of community colleges is discussed. It is suggested that community-based marketing improves the college's outreach capability and encourages development processes within the community. The various stages of developing community-based processes are explained. (Author/SF)

Summarizes the aims of the "Policies for Lifelong Learning" Project: (1) needs assessment, public hearings, and program adaptation; (2) new frameworks for laws, regulations, funding formulas, and board policies; (3) increased cooperation with other community groups; and (4) review and adaptation of institutional missions. (AYC)

A public university cannot survive without taxpayer support, but it cannot become great without a considerable degree of autonomy and freedom. The University of Kentucky's attempts to build bridges between itself and the general public are described, including student conduct code and student/faculty membership on the board of trustees.…

The "future" is presented as an ever evolving process being conducted now. The role of the school, the teacher, the school administrator, the curriculum, and the community are discussed by the authors as they relate to the future as challenge to all educators. (Author)

Describes the development of Iowa's 15 area community colleges since their founding in 1965. Reports that the 15 colleges now operate 28 campuses and have since their inception focused on building partnerships with the community. Notes that educational programs have expanded from vocational training and the first two years of a B.A. degree to…

Examines school-community relations in a Botswana settlement of Basarwa, remote rural nomads with a minority language and culture. Surveys of parents and students in grades 5-7 indicate that all held positive educational attitudes and believed schooling would help children to find future employment, but that schools were authoritarian and operated…

Describes a partnership between two school districts, a college, a public library, and local community members. Highlights two projects: (1) the Beacon School project that addresses science and mathematics education, and (2) the Community of Learners network project that addresses the need for a high-speed community-based computer network that…

Partnerships with communities help universities respond to contemporary societal issues, enrich educational experiences, and offer opportunities for research and faculty service. At Georgia State University, three health-related programs link campus and community in projects for grandparents raising grandchildren, migrant farm workers, and…

Describes the Science Fair Mentoring Program, one of the Science Connection programs of the Massachusetts General Hospital/James P. Timilty Middle School Partnership. This program is designed to enhance middle school science education, inform urban early adolescents about professions in the health field, and encourage them to pursue postsecondary…

A teacher who has taught in two Chicago high schools chronicled in Jonathan Kozol's "Savage Inequalities"--an alternative Westside high school and an affluent, suburban Eastside school--ponders benefits of teaching on both sides of the economic chasm. Although inner-city problems often stem from parents lacking power and expectations,…

Overviews factors that influenced school consolidation and the development of centralized elementary schools in rural Hong Kong since the mid-1980s, including changes in urban development, population redistribution, and government policy on rural education. Also describes the context of rural school consolidation in the Wimmera, Victoria,…