In economically struggling communities, small private colleges are helping generate development projects in large part as a matter of survival. Unlike research universities and land-grant institutions, which have long viewed regional economic development as central to their missions, most liberal-arts colleges are relative newcomers to this work,…

"Institutional context" has come to play an important role in the explanation of differences in "effectiveness" between schools. But what is meant by such a concept differs from system to system. In this study we typify education systems based on indicators of institutional contexts such as: the financial base of public-private…

Many adults have a desire to give back to the communities that have supported and nurtured them, and they find their own ways to do so. Community based learning is but one mechanism for making connections that enable one to satisfy the aspiration to address the many problems of concern. It is a methodology that can be employed in the classroom,…

This is the final external evaluation report prepared by SRI International for the Rural Math Excel Partnership (RMEP) project, an investing in innovation (i3) development project funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Operated by Virginia Advanced Study Strategies, Inc. (VASS), the RMEP project included six rural school districts (LEAs) in…

This booklet discusses mentoring in general, describes a particular mentoring program, and describes mentoring efforts around the country. The first section about mentoring in general focuses on mentoring as an old idea and current trends in mentoring. The next section describes the Norwalk Mentor Program in Connecticut which began in 1986 as an…

Describes a student operated educational FM radio station at Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas which reaches about 6,000 people in the surrounding area.

A brief sketch of the conditions, trends, and challenges confronting educators in rapidly changing urban communities. (EH)

If the public is to provide the means for public education, school systems should endeavor to keep the public informed by developing an effective, on-going public relations programs which provide for interaction between the public and the school. (Author)

Community education should have an optomistic future in Australia because the political climate is favorable, there is a strong sense of community among the people, there is a higher proportion of the population who are not high school graduates, and the dual systems of secondary education result in more unused school facilities than in the U. S.…