Addresses the need for restructuring schools in ways that encourage educational reform, the integration of school and community, and the building of covenants for the eradication of ignorance and hierarchy, which are barriers to systemic change. (SK)

Geography does not make community, nor does membership or casual affiliation. When the school functions as a community, its constituents associate, share common educational values, and become responsible for one another. As this journal issue shows, teachers are not isolated practitioners but professionals integrated into the web of community and…

Discusses the management of a school theater facility. Discusses the role of the theater manager at Smoky Hill High School. Discusses the creation of the plan to oversee the operation and scheduling of the theater facility. Includes a copy of the contract form for using the theater. (SR)

Discusses the changes in nursing education and suggests that a new education system be developed that supports loyalty to the community through alliance with those communities rather than with the current mediating systems. (JOW)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, a pioneer in ecological restoration, is involving the local community in restoring a site to its presettlement condition as an oak savanna. Besides providing the manual labor of restoration, volunteers learn about the land and the ecological processes that tie nature and culture together. A 60-hour…

Service learning is an educational experience that provides students with the opportunity to participate in community-based activities and integrated classroom learning experiences. Presents service learning used in an intervention that builds on the inherent strengths of students with emotional and behavioral challenges. (Author)

Describes the efforts to make Florida Gulf Coast University a leader in the drive to infuse school-to-careers concepts in postsecondary education, starting with the school of education. (JOW)

The goal of a Community Involvement Network is to develop systematic supports for children, families, and school personnel. By creating a system that involves representatives from the entire community, the schools and the community will benefit from an infusion of talent, experience, and commitment. (Author)

Presents three award-winning school districts that have successfully used proactive community relations programs in keeping positive impressions in front of the public. Organizational profiles are provided along with summarized program descriptions. (GR)

Discusses how Niagra Falls (NY) High School was able to help in the rebirth of its declining neighborhood by rebuilding its high school to give the community something to relate to. Financing efforts, facility design, and community amenities are highlighted. (GR)

Discusses how the leadership at the University of Missouri System addressed the people, cultural, political, technical, and structural issues surrounding the planning and construction of a $50 million performing arts center. A leadership model is described based on the school's successful performance in managing the project's many critical issues.…

Describes the housing issues that are a frequent point of contention between universities in New England and communities. New England colleges are experiencing a boom in dorm building, but many students, as the experiences of several cities show, prefer to live off campus, sometimes creating tensions between the college and the town. (SLD)

Describes the critical housing shortage and soaring rents in Boston, Massachusetts, that are exacerbated by the housing policies of the city's institutions of higher education. Boston colleges have accelerated their construction of dormitories, but nearly 107,000 students still live off campus. The issue is not one of student behavior, but of the…

Argues that Vida Dutton Scudder's pedagogy predicted a college-community connection increasingly popular one hundred years later: service-learning. Outlines Scudder's teaching, settlement work, and the ideologies underlying both; critiques her work with the benefit of 21st-century hindsight; and concludes by reaffirming that in the context of her…

Describes the various factors that motivate higher education institutions in their pursuit of engagement with the community. Discusses the challenges facing those pursuing such engagement, such as disagreements in the academic community about the merits of community engagement. Asserts that engagement, despite such challenges, is well worth it.…