Copy of complete report entitled "A Survey of the Mayors of the Fifty Largest Cities Concerning Their Role in Educational Issues, available by sending stamped, self-addressed large envolope to author, Richard W. Saxe, Asst. Dean, College of Education, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606.

The purpose of this article was to describe how linkage between home, school, and community could be achieved, to show how all education should be conceived of as an exercise in adulthood. (Author/RK)

A history of corporate-campus links from 1882 to 1982 and beyond is provided: from the first public exhibition of electric lighting west of the Mississippi to the free telephone consultation services by University of Minnesota Institute of Technology faculty. (MLW)

Describes a collaborative effort among St. Petersburg Junior College, the health care employment community, and local vocational-technical institutes that enables individuals to move from entry-level to more highly skilled positions. (JOW)

Declining birthrate and government budgets, population migration, and inflation require that educators understand the recycling and rehabilitation process for facilities and sites. A project profile considers design changes and costs. Business/community cooperation is important; rehabilitation tax credits are available. Administrative…

Considers the school principal to be the most effective public relations vehicle. Encourages visibility, community image, and professional presence. Stresses the power of both verbal and nonverbal communication in influencing public perceptions. Urges principals to learn and control the powers of perception. (DMM)

Recruitment and retention programs must be dynamically and intimately involved with the personal needs of the individual and with service to the community and target populations. Adult educators must make a stronger appeal and commitment to the multiple motivations and needs of early school leavers and their communities. (JOW)

Provides a personal account of the author's grade school years in the Independence School in Colorado. (AH)

Americans are cynical about their ability to effect changes through the political process and this cynicism increases in times of economic distress. "Civic education" in schools, which instills and reinforces civic values, knowledge, and skills such as communication and information processing, can help to rectify this situation. (AOS)

A survey was conducted to examine the attitudes of school board members in Nebraska and Louisiana. It was found that in Nebraska school board members were more accepting of community involvement, while in Louisiana board members regard themselves and are regarded by the public as political actors. (AOS)

Suggests more precise and effective needs assessments during periods when constraints on human and financial resources demand retrenchment decisions about college strategies for recruitment, retention, resource management, and program reallocation or discontinuance. Views needs assessment as the evaluation of the interdependent relationship…

Guidelines for raising funds to purchase microcomputers for public school use are illustrated by a description of a fundraising program at a junior high school in California. (JJD)

Presents results of a survey of community-based organizations in which respondents indicated their organizations' career education goals, cooperative career education ventures, and advice to educators and businesses on successful collaboration. (SK)