Explored the extent to which community colleges in New York state use and support service learning. Through survey data and document analysis, uncovered how community colleges perceive their mission and are involved in their communities, identified major barriers to and reasons for engaging in service learning, and described service learning…

Describes Fairfax County Schools' experience in building public support for the budget by involving the community in the budgeting process. (PKP)

Describes the current structure and processes at Penn State designed to enhance and unify efforts to link its resources to the communities it serves. Discusses the current dialogue within this major research university on issues related to the "engaged institution" and reports on the progress of several faculty groups that support…

Describes the development of a new transformational vision for Albion College in Michigan, which led to a community envisioning process off campus. The result was a new city-college partnership designed to promote the development of the city of Albion as "The Smart Community." (EV)

Presents two methods for assessing the scholarship of engagement at the institutional level: (1) Comprehensive Assessment of the Scholarship of Engagement (CASE), a systematic method that compiles information about service learning and community engagement, identifies campus strengths, and prioritizes planning areas; and (2) an institutional…

Covers discussions from an expert meeting of the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education and PEB on how existing libraries for tertiary education may be adapted, and new ones conceived, to meet the future needs of the students, institutions, and surrounding communities. Questions addressed at the seminar are listed, and key…

Discusses how proper responses by school administrators to public and media inquiries can promote positive relations with the community. Advice on responding to media inspection and the importance of informing the media throughout the year is offered. (GR)

Activities of the Tobacco Pilot Program in Mississippi designed to stop the use of tobacco among youth included a campaign for smoke-free restaurants, high school student skits for elementary audiences, and an antitobacco fundraising walk. Keys to the program were youth autonomy in activities, use of community resources, and extensive media…

Target marketing is defining school enrollment goals and then developing a strategic plan to accomplish those goals through the use of specific communication vehicles and community focus. It is critical to reach the right audience, with the right message, at the right time, for the right cost. In this brief article, the author describes several…

Starting the day early with a nutritious breakfast has long been a goal for time- and health-conscious school administrators. When Michael Jinks arrived in Warrensburg, Missouri, some 35 miles east of Kansas City, as the new superintendent 18 years ago, he discovered he was soon to be part of a great local tradition that made breakfast more than…

Since 1997, the author coordinated a large-scale billboard project. Coordinated to coincide with the National Art Education Association's celebration of Youth Art Month, strong commitments from faculty, students, administrators, public-relations liaisons, local press, radio, TV, and community businesses have made this project a success. The first…

A major concern confronting development specialists in the education sector is the sustainability of project activities and outcomes, that is, their ability to persist once external funding ends. The increased attention of international development-assistance organizations to sustainability reflects the greater recent focus on outcome-based…

Nursing home programs committed to providing quality care need to investigate innovative ways to meet today's budget challenges. The purpose of this article is to describe a creative collaboration between a nonprofit nursing home facility and a suburban university. Through service-learning, undergraduate students planned and implemented…

Some think a good superintendent these days shares a lot in common with a superhero. Larry Hill is one superintendent who really does don a cape. It is a flowing black one, complemented by a sparkly white bow tie and red top hat. And better yet, he wears it on his job as the top administrator of the North Iowa Community Schools in Buffalo Center,…

In this article, the author argues that higher education institutions should be characterized by a sense of partnership, a sense of place, a sense of priority, and a sense of citizenship. In short, the university should function as a public square. The university as public square is defined by mutuality. Viewing the university as a public square…