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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED300077 AUTHOR: Caswell, Jackie; And Others
TITLE: Community Development Issue Paper.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 187 p.
AVAILABILITY: Dallas County Community College District, 701
Elm Street, Dallas, TX 75202.
ABSTRACT: An overview is provided of the development of the
Dallas County Community College District's (DCCCD's)
Community Development Program, highlighting its
accomplishments during its first two and one-half years of
operation, and the District's plans for the future. Section
I offers introductory comments and defines community
development as the process by which an institution actually
participates in upgrading the quality of life of its
constituents. Section II explains how the DCCCD's Community
Development Program evolved and highlights some of the major
program activities, including a mini-conference with
community leaders; cooperative activities between the DCCCD
campuses and middle schools to encourage young students to
develop higher education goals; demographic studies; Martin
Luther King, Jr., National Holiday activities; the creation
of an institute to train individuals from predominantly
minority communities for leadership and community service;
and a summer program to encourage minority students to
enroll in engineering and engineering technology programs.
Section III assesses the current status of such community
development efforts as: (1) college activity plans,
reflecting each institution's responsibility to encourage
minority students to attend college; (2) special projects to
address specific concerns on each campus; (3) campus-level
recruitment efforts; and (4) campus visits by educational
consultants. Sections IV and V discuss future directions and
offer recommendations for program improvement. Appendixes
offer additional information on various community
development projects. (AAZC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Black-Students; College
Role; Community-Colleges; Community-Leaders; Community
Services; Middle-Schools; Multicampus-Districts; Program
Descriptions; Quality-of-Life; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-School-Cooperation; *Community
Development; *Minority-Groups; *School-Community
Relationship; *Student-Recruitment
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