Serving Communities.

Overview & Synopsis

This book contains 15 articles about various aspects of community further education (FE) programs in Great Britain, including program rationales/benefits, administration, and delivery. The following articles are included: "Foreword" (Bradshaw); "Commitment to Community Is Good Business and Practical Politics" (Brook); "Can We Serve Communities in the Market-Place?" (Johnston); "The Community Profile as a Key to Growth and Equity" (Powell, Buffton); "More and Different: Funding Regimes and Community FE" (Tuckett, Powell); "Taking Education and Training into the Community: East Birmingham College" (Addey); "Serving Communities that Lose Their Livelihoods: The Miners of South Wales" (Trotman, Francis); "Mobilising Communities for Learning: The Sheffield Black Literacy Campaign" (Gurnah); "Community Access to Further Education through Open College Credits" (Webb, Redhead); "Supporting Visually Impaired Students in Vocational Education" (Connell); "When I Get Old..." (Soulsby); "The College in the Countryside" (Cathles, Fazaeli); "Efficient and Effective--and Serving the Community" (Sawyer); "Ireland: Serving a Divided Community" (Shanahan); "Serving the Community: Community Colleges in the USA" (Evans); and "An Education and an Economy for Survival: Committed to Communities in Latin America" (conversation of Luna, Gardener, and Brook translated by Payne). (MN)