Penn State students helped a West Virginia county express its heritage of natural beauty. (PS)

This article concerns unresolved issues in community based research with suggestions given for strategies to resolve the conflicts involved and realities to be faced in effectively conducting research. (JC)

The trouble reported upon in this article concerns conflicting concepts of community library service in a black neighborhood. (Editor)

The author hails the dramatic changes wrought in several communities following visits from Film Board personnel. By introducing films and videotapes into the communities, they persuaded people to communicate freely and to seek their own solutions for local problems." (Editor)

More than 530 community leaders were interviewed to determine what problems they felt existed in their communities; their attitude toward resource development; how favorably they felt toward counties planning at a multi-county level; and to what persons and groups they referred, or would refer, for information and assistance in planning. (NL)

Communities are telling inspiring stories about what happens when they use public dialogue and action to involve large numbers of citizens--with the greatest diversity possible--in a search for common ground to resolve tough issues like race, community police relations, and education reform. These efforts, often called "study circles," are…

This article describes one university's approach to transformative engagement: An engagement process based not on transfer of expertise from university to community (technology transfer), but rather on an interactive process in which all partners apply critical thinking skills to complex community problems. Iterative in nature, it is informed by a…

The National Research Council has suggested that science classes need to become more active and authentic. To help with this effort, Thayer Model Engineering was created several years ago as an inquiry science course at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, Vermont. In this school, the students apply the Thayer Model--a four-step…

IN CONNECTION WITH ITS CONCERN WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES IN LARGE URBAN AREAS, THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SPONSORED A PROJECT TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS--(1) CAN TELEVISION CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS FACING URBAN COMMUNITIES, (2) CAN IT BE USED TO BRING ABOUT LOCAL ACTION ON THESE PROBLEMS, (3) HOW CAN IT…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF LITERACY IN A REPRESENTATIVE VILLAGE OF RURAL GUATEMALA. THE COMMUNITY, EL JOCOTE, HAS A SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY DOMINATED BY CUSTOM AND TRADITION AND HAS ONLY MINIMAL CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. MEMBERS OF FOUR FAMILIES FURNISHED DATA BASED ON LITERACY TESTS AND BOTH STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS. FINDINGS…

Many communities across the country are finding that their problems--whether social, political, or economic in origin--can be diminished if not solved outright through continuing education for adults. Adult education projects under the sponsorship of the Office of Education's Community Service and Continuing Education (CSCE) program were…

Efforts to uncover big deposits of coal in Montana have created resentment among state people. (PS)

An inventory of human resources in any given community would reveal large numbers of human beings who are vegetating out of touch with surrounding life. (EB)

The librarian should use the library as an instrument of social change, be responsive to the social concerns of the community, and take action in national and state associations as well as in daily work. (AB)