Guidelines that will help individual communities reach the sixth National Education Goal are provided in this document. The goal states that by the year 2000, every American school will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning. Five stages in achieving safe and drug-free schools are outlined: (1)…

Operation Rescue is a teacher-initiated and -managed early intervention program to identify and help potential dropouts. The program relies upon establishing one-to-one friendships between at-risk children and volunteers. Cooperation with community groups promotes the goal of "local groups solving local problems." Operation Rescue…

Rural economic development requires local consensus and a coordinated effort by community leaders and the public at large. In 12 rural Georgia counties, the University of Georgia is implementing a Rural Revitalization Initiative (RRI) that emphasizes collaboration of public officials and private individuals across disciplines, professions,…

The emotional, social, intellectual, and physical needs of young people from 10 to 15 years old are being increasingly recognized in the schools, but the activities of these students after school are just beginning to be considered in terms of their effects on adolescents' academic and personal growth. Early in 1985, the University of North…

The original article, from which the editor presents excerpts, appeared in the Spring 1968 number of the University, a Princeton quarterly.

ARTICLES FROM NEWSPAPERS IN ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KENTUCKY, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, AND VIRGINIA ARE PRESENTED. THESE ARTICLES PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH. THE MAJOR ARGUMENTS ARE THAT--UNITED STATES' NATIONAL ESTEEM AT HOME AND ABROAD IS BEING LESSENED. UNITED STATES LAW COURTS ARE…

This fully annotated bibliography of over 1,000 documents and journal articles is compiled to assist educators, community organizations, and citizens interested in community education, whether in theory or in practice, by identifying relevant resources in the field. Citations originate in three abstracting systems: documents described in ERIC's…

HERE IS DESCRIBED HYPOTHETICAL METROPOLIS UNIVERSITY OF 1980 WITH AN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A CLIMATE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING AND WITH A COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION DEVELOPED ALONG LINES OF THE FOUR PRIMARY ROLES OF ADULTS--WORKER, FAMILY MEMBER, CITIZEN, AND SELF-REALIZING INDIVIDUAL. FOUR INSTITUTES SERVE THE FOUR ROLES.…

This report summarizes the programs and processes used by Sixth and Eighth Cycle Teacher Corps projects at Emporia Kansas State College in the formulation of community-based education programs. Functions of the programs include the following: (a) to broaden the base of educational experiences for children, (b) to involve members of the community…

The efforts of the University of Nebraska to build a new educational program based on community service are described. NOVA combined traditional instruction with a year-long field experience for undergraduate students in Nebraska communities. Emphasis was on problems related to poverty. The planning phase of the project is reviewed, along with an…

The Community Video Workshop, a pilot project being undertaken by the Alternate Media Center of New York University's School of the Arts in cooperation with ATC and Berks TV Cable Company, was intended to make cable television facilities available to Berks County. This document consists of a collection of newspaper clippings, letters, memos, and…

Chicago's on-the-job training program, the largest in the country funded under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), is based on a business-government partnership through a nonprofit corporation called the Chicago Alliance of Business Manpower Services. Program organization and activities are described. (MF)

Through education, substantial gains in village development can be expected if national and local efforts can harness (1) the constructive forces of social, economic, and technological change, (2) individual and group incentives, and (3) applications of the community principle to the problems of the people. (SH)

Criticisms of interorganizational relations research (IOR) and theory are discussed, as well as the assertion that use of existing community perspectives would help to eliminate some of the criticisms. A series of propositions regarding conflict and cooperation are developed from an analysis of selected community and IOR literature. Available data…