The author, the vice president of the AACJC, interviewed Ervin Harlacher, chancellor of the Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City, Mo., on his interpretation of community-based, performance-oriented education and its implications. (Editor/RK)

Inquires into the causes of failure of accountability, reviews demands currently being made on systems of higher education, and makes concluding remarks about the faults in the structure of higher education, such as loss of community. (Author/PG)

While it is difficult to determine the seriousness and authenticity of the demands for ethnic pluralism in our school curriculum, there is a danger in overemphasizing the narrow ethnocentric aspects of American life which can lead to a distortion of our common national heritage. (EH)

Reasons for the success of a Mansfield, Arkansas Future Farmers of America chapter are attributed to advance planning and publicity, the attraction of the FFA parent-son banquet, an active alumni association, and the financial support of the business community. (EA)

Describes the general move toward community education in South Australia. Considers two pilot projects initiated to ascertain if community centers can successfully be located on school campuses. (Author/DN)

The purpose of this document (one in a series of six) is to provide a framework for organizing a community volunteer program to meet the instructional and home-school-community relations goals of an individually guided education school. The first steps in starting a volunteer program are to identify the instructional need for volunteer assistance,…

Three network studies in education are reviewed in order to assess the current "state of the art." New directions for developing social network analysis (SNA) in education, based upon experiences from a study of school-community relations in Pontiac, Michigan, are suggested. One concern for the future of SNA stems from the elevation of…

The use of advisory committees for the development, maintenance, and continued exchange of information for hospitality education programs is discussed. Two types of committees are the general advisory type, which can deal with entire programs on institutional and community levels, and the single-field type, which helps develop programs in specific…

THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD BECOME THE IDEAL CENTER FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN FLINT. IT WAS THE PRACTICAL PLACE FOR CARRYING THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE APPROACH USED TO FACILITATE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING AND INTERACTION INCLUDED, FIRST, GETTING THE PEOPLE INTO THE SCHOOLS, WHERE THEY BECAME INTERESTED.…

IN AN ADDRESS DELIVERED TO A WORKSHOP IN THE GREAT CITIES PROJECT, IT WAS NOTED THAT SCHOOL PERSONNEL SHOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO RESEARCH THE PROBLEM OF IN-MIGRATION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT, AS A KEY TO MIGRATION AND CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS, A CUMULATIVE RECORD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCHOOL DISTRICT BE KEPT. THERE IS A NEED FOR TEACHERS TO…

BECAUSE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE HOME, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ARE SO ESSENTIAL TO FULL PUPIL DEVELOPMENT, IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE TEACHER HAVE ADEQUATE PRESERVICE TRAINING IN HUMAN RELATIONS. IT WAS FOUND FROM A SURVEY OF NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES THAT PROFESSORS GENERALLY DID NOT GIVE STRONG EMPHASIS TO HUMAN RELATIONS IN THEIR…

The final document in a series on career education for exceptional students is designed to help educators locate and make use of resources available in the community. Authors include specific strategies, sample letters, and lists of common community resources. A question-answer format is used to address such topics as ways in which community…