An introductory overview of community education in the community college provides a definition, and reviews the participants, activities, facilities, cooperative aspects, needs assessment and evaluation, funding, and organization and administration of such programs. The annotated bibliography of significant literature since 1965 which follows…

Presents abstracts of a sample of ERIC documents dealing with community surveys. Covers a labor pool resource survey; community needs assessment surveys; a community needs follow-up; and surveys of community attitudes toward a college's delivery systems and programs and toward continuing education. (DMM)

This annotated bibliography offers sources and references related to community education. Particular emphasis is placed on the education of adults. Some topics also covered are: (1) assessing educational needs and resources in the community; (2) obtaining financial assistance for community educational projects; (3) training the community educator;…

This bibliography contains 77 items relative to the problems of self-, community, and program development within community colleges and includes books, journal articles, dissertations, and ERIC materials from 1970 to the present as well as a few fundamental sources dated before 1970. The bibliography is divided into five sections: general…

This document deals with a common problem: the fact that "needs assessment" is often required by law and regulation, but there is little agreement on what the term means or what the process entails. The uses and definitions of the term "needs assessment" are examined and categorized along with the various methodologies which are ascribed to it.…

Provides citations and abstracts for documents from the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with efforts of community colleges to survey the instructional needs of area employers. (DMM)

The model described in this paper, and the accompanying bibliography, are designed for use by mid-level managers who head small community service programs in community colleges or who have decision-making authority over a sub-unit of large community service programs. This guide is further restricted to managers controlling services and non-credit…

Cites recent ERIC documents dealing with community services, covering financing, history, and mission; enrollments; a community college small business center; community needs assessment; and artistic and cultural programs in a small/rural community college. (DMM)

Materials contained in the 16 volumes that make up the Rural America Series suggest practices through which rural schools can meet local community needs and realize their potential for career program delivery. This state of the art review, one of three in the subset of career guidance program support information volumes, summarizes the strengths…

This document presents abstracts describing 25 needs assessment projects appropriate for a variety of educational levels. The abstracts provide an overview of each model as well as information on the developer, source, cost, copyright, procedures for use, implementation needs, and special features. (IRT)

Resources are listed for community college vocational educators working with handicapped students. The bibliography first provides an operational definition of "handicapped" and then enumerates and annotates resources under the following topics and bibliographic forms: (1) assessment of the vocational educational needs of the handicapped, (2)…

Presents abbreviated abstracts of documents announced in "Resources in Education" on concerns of community colleges. (PD)

This paper focuses on both conceptual and methodological issues involved in the utilization of different need assessment strategies. Among the strategies discussed are: (1) key informant; (2) community forum; (3) service utilization; (4) social indicators; and (5) citizen survey. Each of these more commonly used need assessment strategies: (1) has…

Offers an annotated bibliography of ERIC materials on ways in which two-year colleges have assessed the educational needs and interests of their service areas, descriptions of community college programs for local employers, and descriptions of and guidelines for the marketing efforts of community colleges and proprietary schools. (AYC)

Current approaches to need assessment belong to one of three theoretical orientations: the rationalistic perspective in which need is predicated on the existence of some pathology or deviance from the rational ideal; (2) the empirical position where need is conceived as deviance from a normative or observed state of good health and well-being; and…