Warns against fighting battles of the 1960s all over again. (JF)

Record of the events and decisions surrounding the creation of the Medical College in Newark which illustates what may happen "when the poor and the alienated confront the system with a series of demands. This case indicates that "the Model Cities Program, in conjunction with urban renewal and other federal programs, can be one of the mechanisms…

In order to better interact with the community in which he teaches and to better educate his students, a teacher should study carefully all aspects of that community. (CK)

A workshop was held to amplify the concept that career education should be an ongoing process in the life of students. It pointed up needs as well as ways to help students think about education as a process of living and preparing for life. (JOW)

Provides lists of indirect and direct approaches teachers can use to encourage an open and cooperative relationship between the school and the community. (Author/IRT)

The conventional school curriculum has largely ignored the local community. School-based fieldwork projects patterned after "Foxfire" can bridge the gap between classroom and community. (Author/MLF)

Outlines 13 ideas that principals have used to improve a school's public relations. The ideas include welcoming visitors, showing off what's right with education, trying something new at open house, and practicing preventive communication. (IRT)

These tongue-in-cheek suggestions for making a school parent-proof can be turned around and used to join parents and the community in an enlightening partnership. (Author/IRT)

Examined the relationship of a college's level of binge drinking and the number of alcohol outlets to lowered quality of neighborhood life through secondhand effects. Analysis indicated that the number of nearby alcohol outlets was an important factor mediating the relationship between colleges, especially those with high rates of binge drinking,…

Explores a new epistemology for the scholarship of community engagement, asserting that it requires both the rethinking of the nature and purposes of scholarship that Boyer initiated, and assumptions about truth and ground rules for determining it that are consistent with the emerging paradigms of the postmodern era. (EV)

Discusses superintendent's role in school-community relations. (Contains 13 references.)(PKP)