To meet the needs of a modern Scottish society, a "Curriculum for Excellence" enables teachers to deliver a more coherent and skills-based curriculum, involving partnerships with external agencies. This article analyses the work of one host school/researcher team through the Researchers in Residence scheme in an Edinburgh secondary…

"Striving" is a concept that describes colleges and universities seeking to reposition themselves as more prestigious, often more research-focused institutions (O'Meara, 2007). The goal of this paper is to explore faculty members' views of a striving university context. My analysis revealed that faculty assigned both rewards…

Universities develop strategic planning documents, and as part of that planning process, logic models are developed for specific programs within the university. This article examines the long-standing pecan program at New Mexico State University and the deficiencies and successes in the evolution of its logic model. The university's agricultural…

This dissertation research project aimed to identify benefits and drawbacks of public land-grant university involvement with tourism planning and development, an emergent form of university-community engagement. Using qualitative methodology, the study's findings led to the codification of levels of university tourism planning and development…

Early learning has increasingly been the focus of social policy and programmes with a proliferation of public, community and commercial entities entering the field of production. Understanding this phenomenon requires educational researchers to conceptualise early learning both within a globalised network of circulating commodities and within…

Volunteering with our local community organizations (many of them charitable) is clearly set to become more of a feature of our lives as staff and students working in higher education. This activity is seen as potentially valuable in enhancing the student experience, particularly through a strengthening of students' employability prospects. This…

The global war on terror has placed a number of stressful demands on service members and their families. Although the military offers a wide range of services and supports to military families, not all families are willing or able to use them. For example, geographically dispersed families can find it challenging to connect with military support…

Combining schools with apartments, offices, and community services in New York City and elsewhere has worked to finance school construction costs. (MLF)

Author looks at two small informal schools based on local communities. (Editor/RK)

Presents design plans for the new South Arsenal Elementary School in Hartford, Connecticut, which includes plans for a high degree of community participation in its operation. Major features include multi-instructional areas, a gymnasium, and a life center building. (Author/DN)

Abstracts of 12 documents in the ERIC system focus on the varieties of community schools. Topics covered include shared facilities, legal matters, and a discussion of the philosophical assumptions and attitudes underlying the community education movement. One document contains mainly Canadian entries, and two are literature reviews. (MLF)

This article argues that community workers in schools and colleges are failing to meet the needs of the communities that they are supposed to serve. (Editor)

Describes the potential role of the Federal Government in community education if legislation now pending is passed by Congress. (DN)

The development of a community school in Menominee County (Kishena, Wisconsin) is described. (FF)