The spirit of cooperation between business and higher education helps to strengthen America's private sector. Cooperative programs with Deere and Company and Rome Industries, with the fast food industry (Chick-fil-A), and with a development firm (Garden Lakes Company) are described. (MLW)

Outlines a 10-point plan for promoting a positive school-community relationship in small school systems. The ten points are: (1) develop public relations policy, (2) do research, (3) correct deficiencies, (4) set goals, (5) promote candor, (6) attend to internal relations, (7) attend to external relations, (8) maintain good media relations, (9)…

Academically successful schools need to master student discipline and accept that character development is as important as academic development. Provides recommendations on how schools can do both. (MD)

A model is proposed for training teachers of severely/profoundly retarded students through an interdisciplinary approach in which the needs and resources of the university and the community would be linked. (CL)

Describes the planning and implementation of a one-day program in which teachers, students, administrators, and community members worked together to find ways of improving a school. Provides examples of the positive outcomes of the program. (FL)

Describes a program at Kent State University (Ohio) in which students are paired with a professional in the student's desired job in a mentor/protege relationship. Discusses some of the areas the student and mentor may explore in the course of the semester, and the strengths and weaknesses of the program. (HTH)

Students, staff, parents, teachers, administrators, and the community in Virginia Beach, Virginia were involved in developing a curriculum renewal plan. (MD)

Witty account of problem areas in relations between school administrators and the media, including detailed advice to administrators on how to handle various situations so as to maintain good media ties. (JBM)

Provides citations and abstracts for ERIC documents dealing with community involvement in college planning and programing (AYC)

Small college departments of special education need to develop cooperative relationships with other faculty departments and with the community. A self-assessment survey can identify department priorities and inservice needs to be addressed through four formats: lecture-discussion, workshop/lab, applied-in-class, or problem-solving team approach.…

Considers reasons for new college-community cooperation and forces within and external to community colleges that will be supportive of or resistant to the approach. (DMM)

Argues that teachers and administrators can help improve press coverage of school issues by understanding the role of the press and how journalists do their jobs, and offers guidelines that can help achieve this. (FL)

Describes the advantages of displaying children's art in public places and focuses particularly on such activities in New York City. Includes examples of student art. (KH)

Describes a program in Fairfax County, Virginia, in which marketing and distributive education classes are taught at two shopping malls. The merchants provide students with realistic, hands-on experiences during class time that provide the basis for instruction in many marketing skills and techniques. (JOW)

Enumerates ways institutions can benefit from faculty involvement in community development. Sees community involvement as one way to meet faculty members' need for job enrichment. Identifies possible community development activities, requisite skills, and ways instructors can develop these skills. (DMM)