This study produced an operational measure of school executives' attitudes toward open collective bargaining. The Open Collective Bargaining Survey presents a subscale structure that is suggestive of certain political systems' models of education and may be more informative than single item measures. (Author/PN)

Used data from a national survey of adults to study the influence of community access on the life satisfaction of older adults. Results confirmed the importance of community involvement and mobility, especially for older Whites. Racial differences in the results suggest that lifestyles and experiences influence aging. (Author/JAC)

A question and answer format is used to examine some fundamental issues of community involvement in local schools. (MLF)

Examines education's role in social reproduction and introduces the concept of educational hegemony. Analyzes the view that community participation in schooling is a major strategy in educational and social change from two theoretical perspectives: the phenomenological interpretative approach and the hegemonic thesis. Suggests a synthesis of the…

Court-ordered citizen monitoring of school desegregation does little to increase participation in school politics by minorities, women, the powerless, or the uninvolved. The greatest effects of increasing community involvement are likely to be a little more effective desegregation and much more power and participation for those who already have…

Edmund J. Gleazer's "The Community College: Values, Vision, and Vitality" is reviewed. Gleazer, who served as president of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, sees the community college's mission as encouraging and facilitating lifelong learning, with community as process and product. (MLW)

Physical educators must foster community involvement as an ongoing process and be committed to providing physical education to all students. Ways to involve communities and to strengthen community support for physical education programs are discussed. (CJ)

Illustrates the three central tenets of primary health care (equality, systemic dynamics, and self-reliance) and highlights points of similarity with adult education. Demonstrates adult education's role in promoting health care: information, mobilization, and integration. (SK)

Vocational agriculture instructors have an important role as community leaders. To perform this role, they should strive to show a sincere interest in people and their problems, demonstrate professionalism, assist in making the community a better place to live, and place high priority on community involvement. (SSH)

Contrasts community control with community participation in administratively decentralized schools. Lists large school districts in the U.S. which have been decentralized and discusses attitudes of school officials toward community involvement in public schools. Calls for more research on the effects of decentralization and community control on…

Community problem solving as an aspect of continuing education is traced from the colonial period to the present. This review shows that educational programs to help adults identify and solve community problems are not a recent innovation. (Author/JOW)

Notes that interaction between writers and interpreters can improve a sometimes tenuous relationship. Provides classroom assignments, performance activities, and workshops to promote interaction and understanding. (PD)

It is argued that the right to participate in university and medical school governance bodies should be based on academic and intellectual achievement of the highest order, and that current trends away from this tradition are affecting institutions adversely. (MSE)

The family is a context in which young children can acquire a sense of purpose, dignity and worth, if ideas of individualism and privacy are tempered by a sense of community. The school, the parents' places of work and community institutions should be used as extensions of the family setting. (Author/RH)

A community education project in Brooks County, Georgia, began in 1977 with five people, developed county-wide support, and now includes a community education county council, federal funding, volunteer programs, after-school programs, agricultural education (especially swine production), and a day-care center. (AN)