Project Work/Learn at Birmingham Southern College, an attempt to build two-way college/community bridges, is described. Two-way requirements for building college/community bridges include: clear and distinct purposes for persons and institutions, mutual utilization of resources, two-way activity, and two-way management. (MLW)

The traditional model of academic service through faculty expertise and consultation is being supplemented by "service-learning" that focuses on students. Benefits of this new model are discussed. (Editor/LBH)

An analysis of the underlying concepts and unique contributions of learning contracts to higher education.

Four students at New College of the University of Alabama illustrate how an innovative unit of an institution can use contracting to experiment with institution-wide changes. (Editor)

A summary of the strengths and weaknesses of contracting, and of the factors educators should consider in adopting the idea on their campus. (Editor)

Birmingham-Southern College has surmounted major problems of enrollment, finances, and mission by adding and expanding career-related curricula and selected adult and post-baccalaureate offerings, reaffirming and finding new applications for its original liberal arts mission. (MSE)