The author analyzes the challenges facing community development, contrasting the use of its rhetoric with actual practice. He considers the concept and methodology of community development, traces its roots, and explores its potential, particularly in this current period of social and economic crisis. (Author/SK)

Key informant interviews in 46 communities were conducted using a scale designed to measure community readiness to support drug prevention education. Readiness levels clustered around the stages of vague awareness and institutionalization. Ways to improve the scale and use it in community work were recommended. (SK)

Explores ways in which community development can be integrated into community colleges through their outreach programs, such as community services and community education. Clarifies the importance of the role of community development in community colleges and the relative ease with which it can be incorporated. (NRJ)

Discusses the relationship between community development (CD) and community education. Describes the undergraduate CD curriculum at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and compares it with traditional curricula. Considers how this approach relates to the principles of community education. (Author/SK)

The motivation/immersion model of literacy centers on the individual and isolates literacy from context. A community development approach regards literacy as a function of social structure; based on this model, literacy education programs are respectful of the culture and idiom of the community. (SK)

Knowledge and skills needed by lay participants in community development (CD) were proposed by 14 consultants around 10 topical areas. One hundred knowledge and skills statements resulted. The importance of these statements was judged by CD youth leaders and adult specialists. Judgments were factor analyzed, and nine factors emerged. (Author/SSH)