Major concerns about conducting research in American Indian Communities are reviewed and discussed. Examples of three research projects conducted with Indian communities are summarized, and procedures found to be sensitive to the cultural milieu of the community are examined. (Author)

This article analyzes the role of the Committee of 100, a vehicle created by the Milwaukee school board to provide active leadership from the community in the formulation and implementation of a desegregation plan. (Author/AM)

Analyzes radio program in which host Garrison Keillor fabricates fictional community of Lake Wobegon, thus addressing another fabricated community, the baby boomers. Concludes Keillor's persona moves from nostalgia and bitterness to acceptance of conditions of community, reflecting and encouraging a passive, uncritical approach toward community…

Variables which have a significant direct effect on the psychological well-being of Vietnamese refugees are ethnic community support, self-esteem, and income. Variables having an indirect effect are education, length of residence, and English speaking ability. Policies and social programs must help to preserve and maintain ethnic communities for…

Three experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of a training program implemented in a community setting for teaching receptive language skills to profoundly mentally retarded persons in a department store setting. Instruction was effective and store employees reacted favorably to the program. (Author/DB)

Discusses writers, readers, and the enactment of roles in society through the notion of "textual community." Considers the meaning of the term "text" in this context, the problem of reading, and some of the behavioral principles that lie behind personal and group narratives. (JD)

Argues that society's capacity to become more powerfully literate depends on its capacity to develop better ways to explain to and to show others what people do when they read and write. Offers ways in which schools and communities can help students go beyond current inadequate but deeply entrenched verbal constructs. (HTH)

An analysis of a small neighborhood of Paris looks at its layout and spatial constraints, habitats, symbols, sense of territory, and rhythms and styles of the inhabitants and their roles in the group. The description, including photos, is intended for use in the French language classroom. (MSE)

Organizes and conceptually clarifies the various elements within the illegal Mexican immigration situation, specifically focuses on how many and who the aliens are, why they are here, and which institutions within the society are supportive of them. (Author)

This document describes the work of communities participating in the Public Education Network's policy initiative, which focuses on public engagement as the key element in sustainable school reform and on local education funds (LEFs) as key intermediaries in the engagement process. This document provides a snapshot of what has taken place in these…

This workshop guide is the second in the Conservation Issues Forum Series produced by the Izaak Walton League of America's Sustainability Education Project. The guide, a tool for discussing critical topics with conservationists and community leaders, describes a series of six activities through which community members may work together to develop…

Focusing on fertility decline in Southern Appalachia, the article: (1) reviews recent attempts by social scientists to explain the phenomena; (2) indicates explanatory variables not previously considered; and (3) argues that the anthropological community-study approach is one way of investigating these variables. (Author/KM)

As programs are getting underway, it is becoming evident that the new colleges will grow to become the community and the community will see itself in the challenging new perspective of the community college. The community college is the catalyst to restore vision and confidence in small communities. (Author/KP)

Suggests that the following five functions are common to all community advisory councils: fact finding, planning, coordination and communications, activation of new resources, and evaluation. (Author/DN)

Develops a conceptual framework which views the school as a subsystem of both the local community and of the larger society." (Author)