A community and college sponsored wine festival to raise funds for student financial aid is reported. (MN)

School board decisions should reflect the needs of the public. Questionnaires, home visits and discussions help to achieve these ends. (AF)

Excerpts from Texarkana and Gary: A Tale of Two Performance Contracts," Childhood Education Magazine, March 1971; reports on observations made during visit to Gary, Indiana, school under contract to Behavioral Research Laboratories. (RT)

At the 1970 New York State Fair, the industrial arts exhibit simulated a school environment as students demonstrated activities and projects found in the schools throughout the state. (Author)

The printing school at Chowan College (North Carolina) is an outgrowth of mutual cooperation between the community and the junior college. Not only does the college provide students with the latest training in graphic arts, but it also provides publishers and printers in North Carolina, Virginia, and the entire eastern seaboard with highly-skilled…

This study examined the status of cooperative programs between correctional institutions and 2-year colleges. One-hundred of 121 institutions responded to the questionnaire; of these, 98 were publically supported and most were in the South. A sample of the findings indicated that most classes were conducted within the correctional facilities, live…

The progress made by the Rough Rock Demonstration School for Navajo Indians and the establishment of a community college are discussed. (DB)

Mesa Community College (Arizona) developed an open-house program for the surrounding Mexican American community to draw attention to the educational services available at the college. (CA)

Some factors influencing the intensity of school-community conflicts are: (1) degrees of community group organization and integration of such groups into the school system, (2) community racial composition, (3) racial transition threat, (4) political machine strength, and (5) community social status. (Author/RA)

Graphic impressions (stationery, publications, bookstore items, displays, campus signage) is one of four communication mechanisms available to a college. Harper College in Illinois offers an example of a uniform graphics approach. A graphics designer has the role of publicizing a college to its community. (CA)

A 1969 and 1970 program involving community colleges and disadvantaged, underachieving high school students demonstrates that community colleges represent a rich resource for youth core projects. Local and state tax support can be added to federally sponsored projects, and the community college's out-reach function can be extended. (CA)

Three Michigan community-junior colleges have joined with Michigan State University to form a consortium sponsored by the Kellogg Community Services Leadership Program. This program not only emphasizes graduate student internship experiences in the area of school-community relationships, but also focuses on service programd development in the…

As an introduction to the symposium, Unfinished Business of the Teaching Profession," this article provides a framework for viewing contemporary criticism of the public schools and the teaching profession. (JH)