| Is your community planning to offer
a citizens’ academy or neighborhood college? You're in
good company, as more and more communities are turning to these
training programs to help promote informed and involved citizenship.
Communities that have implemented successful programs range
in size from Aberdeen (population 4,064) to Charlotte (population
625,469).
Drawing on the experiences of your counterparts in these
communities, this guide is intended to help you get your own
program up and running as smoothly as possible. Managers,
assistants, public information officers, and other key staff
members have shared sample agendas and activities as well
as the more specific details of what works and what doesn’t
work. Key aspects of the research, as well as contact information
for these academy coordinators, are contained in a Microsoft©
Excel® comparison
table. The members of the Civic Education Subcommittee
of the North Carolina City and County Management Association
hope you will use this research to design a program that’s
a perfect fit for your community.
Please click on the headings below to skip ahead to specific
topics, or click “Next” at the bottom of each
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