New York's Commissioner for Child Development heads an agency with a yearly budget of $101.2 million and a staff of 450. (RY)

The Chicago Public Library has established four reading and study centers in public housing developments, staffed by development residents. (JB)

Reviews the kinds of community services available to older people within their communities through public and private agencies. Focus is on the senior center and such services as information and referral, transportation, counseling, recreation, education, and health. (JT)

Case study of two community centers through observation, interviews, and questionnaires used Candy's domains of self-directed learning (SDL). Results revealed the potential of community learning, raised questions about the domains and the nature of SDL, challenged the humanist perspective of the autonomous unified self, and suggested the…

Community adult education centers in Germany (Volkshochschulen) have the following characteristics: autonomous; open to all; easy access, convenient times and locations, and low fees; comprehensive; and focused on community service and lifelong learning. They collaborate with secondary and vocational education and build networks among community…

The National Center for Community Education provides training to local 21st Century Community Learning Cetners to enable them to provide learning opportunities for children and families. The future will depend on community education programming, community involvement, advocacy, and public will. (JOW)

Discusses how Texas established 21st Century Community Learning Centers in the state. Describes a typical day in a local center and the impact on participants. (JOW)

Describes the work of Edith de Nancrede in developing theater programs for youth at Chicago's Hull-House during the early part of the twentieth century. Describes how her intense dedication to theater and education contributed to the success of Hull-House and to the achievements of its leader, Jane Addams. (PRA)

The University of Rochester's community nursing center is an entrepreneurial model for faculty practice based on sound business principles to enhance financial success. These principles include development and pricing of the product of nursing services, consumer dialogue instead of advertising monologue, and a diversified income base. (SK)

Factors contributing to the failure of a community wellness center in rural Alberta included arbitrary choice of the community by regional health authorities, power issues, lack of leadership, and different interpretations of what a wellness center is. Solutions include having community members identify community needs and finding a project…

Based on a 15-week ethnographic-based research, this article examines the role of a community-based youth center in supporting the academic lives of Chinese American youth from low-income families in an east coast city I call "Harborview." This study demonstrates the significant role that community-based organizations play for low-income immigrant…

A capsule review of Israel's educational and facilities program since 1948. (Author/MLF)

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)

In this age of declining enrollments, alternatives exist to boarding up schools that are no longer being fully utilized. This paper discusses such alternatives by describing the situation in a Minnesota school district. Of the four elementary school buildings closed in St. Louis Park in the past five years, one was sold to a developer, two are…