Describes Lake-Sumter Community College's (FL) solution to cost and location barriers to enrollment in noncredit continuing education courses. Discusses the development of courses in seven subject areas; the recruitment, training, and support of volunteer teachers; the location of places to hold free courses countywide, and the program's…

To combat student attrition, counseling centers must expand their programs by reaching out to students before emotional or academic problems begin. Special emphasis should be put on admission counseling, and term, mid-term and between-semester periods. (JAC)

Describes the planning, implementation, and outcome of an experimental social and legal aid outreach program run by American Indian paraprofessionals for native Americans in Seattle, Washington. Describes paraprofessional training, outreach methods, average clients, and sample cases. Demonstrates how minority people without extensive formal…

The poor record of affirmative action plans in government demonstrates that the Carter administration's plan to reform the Civil Service is not working. It is the management that has failed to take the steps necessary to translate pronouncements into practice. (Author/EB)

The role of community colleges in the future is examined. It is suggested that if community colleges are to fulfill their mission adequately, they must assume a new responsibility in providing adult education and community services. (Author/BH)

Canada's community Health Representative Program trains Indians to act as teachers, organizers, promotors, and liaisons in health education among their own people. (MB)

In Kansas City, Missouri, a mobile counseling unit disseminates career information and provides career guidance and placement to residents in a multi-ethnic area characterized by high unemployment rates and low school completion rates. Follow-up studies have shown that the mobile unit's services are satisfactory. Plans are underway to expand the…

Rather than waiting for youngsters interest to flag in school, 12 Illinois school districts screen children for learning deficiencies before they're in Kindergarten. (Editor)

Describes the BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) communications network in upstate New York, highlighting the system's contribution to building community support for public schools via focus groups, press relations, printed and video newsletters to targeted audiences, and the information superhighway. Guidelines for creating and…

The Mobile Van Evaluation and Screening (MoVES) program was established in 1994 by Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) to provide developmental screening and evaluation services to children receiving primary medical care from the Georgetown University Pediatric Mobile Clinic. This article describes the developmental services offered by the…

Interviews owners and managers of children's bookstores around the country. Presents their ideas about how to promote literacy learning among children, including programs for child advocacy, parent education, teacher education, and community outreach. Offers insights about a variety of influences on reading development. Suggests some ways that…

Discusses that the best way to lower HIV transmission is to focus on educating tribal members about how HIV is transmitted and how it can be avoided. Points out that tribal colleges and universities have the connections needed to build effective outreach programs. Discusses how Si Tanka University at South Dakota addressed the challenge of AIDS…

Discusses whether it is possible for the AIHEC and tribal colleges to reverse poor eating habits and decrease diabetes rates for children through education. Students are gathered in a camp setting and they learn from scientists, nurses, nutritionists, biologists, and cultural teachers about how they can develop healthy habits. (MZ)

Describes a study that investigated the self-efficacy and outcome expectancy of local teachers who participated in a professional development outreach program. Suggests that the outcome expectancy and self-efficacy of teachers did not depend on the students' economic status, geography, or ethnicity. (Contains 13 references.) (Author/YDS)

Recounts the author's, and his family's, relationship with tobacco. Identifies tobacco's role in traditional Native American ceremonies as encouraging communication and self-reflection. Describes Tionantati: Native Tobacco People, an intervention program that returns tobacco to its traditional use and eschews recreational use of commercial…