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The Experience of Community College Faculty Involved in a Learning Community Program
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Jackson, Dimitra Lynette; Stebleton, Michael J.; Laanan, Frankie Santos – Community College Review, 2013
A study was undertaken to determine how teaching in learning communities (i.e., courses that are linked or intentionally integrated in terms of learning objectives and shared assignments) affects the perspectives and work of community college faculty members. Interviews with 14 faculty members who taught in learning communities at a Midwestern…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Empathy
Team Factors that Predict to Sustainability Indicators for Community-Based Prevention Teams
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Perkins, Daniel F.; Feinberg, Mark E.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Johnson, Lesley E.; Chilenski, Sarah Meyer; Mincemoyer, Claudia C.; Spoth, Richard L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2011
Because they often set out with a guarantee of only short-term funding, many community partnerships will face a threat to their sustainability almost as soon as the first money runs out. Research into the factors that enable some coalitions and partnerships to meet the challenge when others fail is limited. This study begins to fill this gap in…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Sustainability, Youth Programs, Substance Abuse
A Community Network for Helping Families.
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Downing, Jerry; And Others – School Counselor, 1993
Advocates that counseling professionals work together as team in helping families. Contends that quality of care provided is improved by coordinated network of helping professionals. Discusses advantages of community network, identifies obstacles to implementing networks, reviews related literature, lists assumptions upon which team approach is…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperation, Counselor Role, Family Problems
Developing a Community Team: A Companion to the Community Workbook for Collaborative Services to Preschool Handicapped Children.
Magrab, Phyllis; And Others – 1981
Four papers focus on the processes involved in developing a community team for providng services to handicapped preschoolers. Jerry Elder and Elynor Kazuk review steps in beginning a community team approach in "Getting Started," including the mechanics of planning and conducting an initial meeting to explain the advantages of collaborative…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Resources, Cooperation, Disabilities
Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Academic Work.
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Amey, Marilyn J.; Brown, Dennis F. – 2000
The data and analyses presented in this paper were the result of an 18-month study of a university-community-agency partnership. The purpose of the project was to develop the community's capacity to own and operate a community center that would provide a wide range of services and respond to the future needs of the community. The university team…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Programs, Cooperation, Group Dynamics
Student Service and Philanthropy Project. A Resource Guide for Establishing a Student-Run Foundation.
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Surdna Foundation, Inc., New York, NY. – 1994
The Student Service and Philanthropy Project provides students with opportunities to effect positive change in their communities through leadership. By creating minifoundations, young people are empowered to propose, review, implement, and fund service projects that make a difference. A unique aspect of the program is its assumption that youth are…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth, Experiential Learning