The role of the community college in the educational growth and development of rural America can be enhanced by (1) strengthening the bond with rural public school districts; (2) developing a rural studies curriculum; and (3) becoming a major factor in the rural development process. (MB)

Describes experimental village institutes whose goal was to develop and maintain the village, to help transform it into a modern village so that Turkey's pattern of development would not follow the European model of urbanization. (Author/IRT)

If economic recovery occurs, land development and construction will revive simultaneously with land-use controls. Already the Federal government has affected land use by passing the Coastal Zone Management Act and the Clean Air Act. The states have also initiated land-use regulations concerning community planning and environmental quality. (MR)

Suggests that the mass media could contribute more to rural development in Jordan if information on agricultural issues were disseminated. (RB)

Describes how the staff and students of Ahmednagar College Center for Studies in Rural Development, Maharashtra, India, worked with the villagers of Pargaon to solve their irrigation problems. (JT)

Describes a two-day workshop designed to simulate an actual consultancy by providing assessment data that might correlate with actual consultancy skills, including learning about the assignment, dealing with ambiguity, design skills, coping with the unexpected, actual training skills, and evaluation skills. (VT)

The 1977 conference of the National Association of Farmworker Organizations (NAFO) centered on the broad spectrum of administrative and legislative areas affecting farmworkers that need policy decisions and directions: labor, immigration, education, health, data/census, hunger/nutrition, rural development, and energy. The forums formulated…

The Village Polytechnic Movement consists of setting up training centers for the purpose of teaching locally-needed skills to primary school dropouts in rural Kenya. In addition to explaining the philosophy of the movement, the author comments upon its organization and future. (AG)

Discusses the difficulties that must be surmounted in implementing the recommendations and hopes of the Tokyo Conference. (Author/RK)

Assesses the current situation in India and gives guidelines for the next 8 years. (SP)

A report by the Regional and Community Development Section of the United Nations which states that community development has to give close attention to the strategy and tactics it considers using and the time needed to realize its goals. (Author/DR)