The state of Victoria (Australia) is attempting to adopt the following premises: education ought to be a continuing, lifelong process; it should take place through living, that is, in the interaction of the individual with the rest of the community; and it ought to provide experiences that benefit a person. (Author/IRT)

Considers the impact of federal aid on adult education as a lesson for community educators now about ready to receive federal aid. Suggests that adult and community educators have much to gain by working together. (Author/DN)

Describes development and preliminary implementation of the Community Education Program on Home Rule, a statewide program to aid local communities in educating citizens about the possibility of modifying their municipal government under the provisions of Pennsylvania's Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law. (JG)

An Arizona study provided baseline data about community education throughout the state. (Author/MLF)

Compares community education and service learning; outlines contributions of service learning to the skills identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. A chart identifies which states have the following: community education plans and associations; service learning and community education in the same state agency; and…

Community-based education can improve citizen attitudes. This conclusion was reached by study to explore the basis for attitudes about school performance and input in policymaking expressed by citizens in a community with an identified "community-based" education program and those in a community without such a program. (Author/JOW)

Reviews the literature relating to community education, pointing to the differences and similarities in the roles of two-year colleges and community schools. Particular attention is given to areas of competition and cooperation. (MB)

Discusses the potential of community education programs for organizing and coordinating efforts to solve a wide variety of social problems, but cautions against the danger of overselling community education as a cure-all for society's ills. (JG)

Discusses the importance of process evaluation in planning and improving community education programs. Offers a model for process evaluation and provides an example of how that model might be applied to a hypothetical community education program. (JG)

Concerns the planning and development of facilities for community education. Examines the larger role of the community in the total educative process. Suggests that planners concern themselves with instruction as well as education, with the community as well as schools, with people as individuals rather than as groups, with the individual's goals…

Addresses the questions (1) how should community service be rendered by youth and (2) whom should it benefit. Warns that both the educational dimension and the needs of the served must be taken into account. (CH)

Argues that rural community education must evolve into a system that is community-based, process-oriented, and accountable to the community. (Author/MF)