This chapter in "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 14 annotations of documents and journal articles on advisory committees, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on student and community involvement, planning and utilization of advisory committees, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

School districts with experience in school closing emphasize the need for long-range planning and community involvement. (IRT)

Five stages are suggested as guidelines: legal knowledge, planning, written board policy, applications, and written priority-use policy. (DS)

The creation of a leisure atmosphere within a broader interpretation of art can only occur when artists and recreation personnel join forces to work with some understanding of the value of the art experience and the methods by which art expressions may be encouraged at the community level of involvement. (DS)

Arkansas, 50th of the states in education according to most national standards, is moving community education from a program to a process to accommodate change. (Author/MLF)

Recreational programs in New Hampshire that are fiscally conservative and rely heavily upon citizen cooperation and ingenuity are described. (JD)

Synergizing the community means the process of complete utilization of the potential human and material energy in the community for the common good. Community education provides evidence for the premises of synergistics. (Author/IRT)

Integration into a society made for and by men, in which all his activities are meaningful, is animation's ultimate goal. "Animation", the title of the Council for Cultural Cooperation's socio-cultural development project, is described along with the policy necessary to implement it. This includes the role of the animateur, who would…

Description of a career awareness program which interfaces with a junior high school English curriculum. (STS)

Describes the Nursing Home Community Council Project which was developed to improve the quality of resident life through organized community involvement. Reports issues in organizing nursing homes, the group-to-group approach, and providing advocacy in the context of service. (Author/ABB)

Describes an exhibit which identified a community based aesthetic and the presentation of that aesthetic in a gallery setting (Bowling Green, Ohio). A questionnaire was used to help report the exhibition's objective. Findings suggest many approaches to both content and methodologies can be effectively used in the field of art education.…

This paper investigates the process of how actions of community groups are initiated and carried out. It also identifies key characteristics of participation in community action projects. Social actions in two communities in North Carolina are studied from a 10-year period. (Author/CT)