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Katsinas, Stephen G. – Community College Review, 2008
Raymond J. Young (1923-2007) played a key role in the post-World War II development of community colleges in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and elsewhere. This article describes his scholarly and professional contributions in developing "bottom-up," grassroots citizen's participatory studies that led to the establishment of 60 community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Change Agents, Community Action, Community Development
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Compton, J. Lin – Community College Review, 1979
Using a case study approach, describes the efforts of three community organizers--a literacy worker and a medical doctor in the Phillipines, and an adult basic education supervisor in North Carolina--to develop and implement community-based volunteer programs. (DR)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Colleges
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Tagle, Tessa Martinez; And Others – Community College Review, 1992
Describes Overtown Neighborhood Partnerships (ONP), a program directed by the people of Overtown, a poor innercity neighborhood in downtown Miami, Florida, involving public and private sector partnerships in education, housing, health, employment, and other community projects. Examines the role of Miami-Dade Community College and phases in ONP…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Action, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs