Describes the Talent Bank office at Edison Community College (Florida) which provides students with more contact with persons who have enjoyed successful careers, and affords retired and active professionals an innovative forum for sharing their experience. (AYC)

Assesses the potential power of an active community college alumni association in political situations, in student recruitment, and on advisory committees. Advocates inclusive membership; discusses yearly membership fees v financial support by the college; stresses the importance of making college services available to members and of providing…

Described is the career education approach used in the Savona, New York, school system, which includes a five-part career education planning model. Broader-based community efforts in career education provide the framework within which school programs are developed. (CT)

Parent/community involvement in the teacher education programs in California is provided by means of Community Advisory Committees and parent/community members involved at school sites who work with teacher candidates in the role of teacher aides. (JMF)

The formulation of a drug policy and the implementation of that policy in a firm but fair manner are the responsibility of the school administrator. Authors give serious consideration to this responsibility. (Editor/RK)

Argues that "the pervasiveness of professional power in education which is exercised within education bureaucracies at all levels (in teacher training institutions, by teachers in the schools and through strong teachers' unions and supervisory associations) makes it virtually impossible to achieve any fudamental change in the distribution of power…

Three keys to the successful development of the program of the computer programming department of the Technical Institute of Oklahoma State University are discussed: Community involvement, faculty/administration commitment to the basic principles of technical career education, and availability of appropriate equipment for student use. (HD)

Addressing the American Society for Training and Development, a U.S. Representative discusses the challenge of linking schools with work and community particularly with reference to recent Federal legislation. Focus is on citizen advisory councils, educating the handicapped, legitimate apprehensions that accompany the task, and the necessity of…

Attempts to formulate basic criteria for assessing educational proposals which offer alternatives to the regular and traditional secondary school programs. (Author/RK)

Presents the findings of a case study of a school that embodies the essential features of the community school model, and points out some of the reasons this attempted innovation purportedly failed to achieve its goals. (Author/JM)

Discusses the Education Policy Conference convened by Clark, Greene, Marburger, Roberston, Davies, Halperin, Riessman, and Sexton. Asserts that "schools can best serve the children and communities for whom schooling is synonymous with opportunity. The participatory emphasis in schools begins to build public control into that public service…

Two issues are discussed: (1) The responsibility of adult education in the development of the poor, disadvantaged, and underprivileged small farmers, tenants, and landless agriculture laborers in rural areas, and (2) the methodology that would be most appropriate for adult education concerned with the development in rural society. (TA)

Community/parental involvement can help two basic educational goals in the urban areas: (1) extending to every child improved educational opportunities by means of bettering the adult-child ratio within schools; and (2) increasing the two-way communication and ties between the schools and the lay citizens of the home. (Author)

Sponsored by Rural Action, an Ohio multicounty community development corporation, artist Geoff Schenkel involves Appalachian Ohio communities and schools in the creation of community murals. The projects counter Appalachian stereotypes and boost self-esteem and community revitalization. Includes photographs. (SAS)

Provides a review of issues involved in interactions between community colleges and their communities, discussing community-based education and services, strategic planning, and community-based programming. Presents examples of current college-community collaborations to illustrate civic accountability. Suggests that these collaborations place…