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Assessing Community Needs for Expanding Environmental Education Programming
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Hintz, Carly J.; Lackey, Brenda K. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2017
Based on increased demand for educational programming, leadership at Schmeeckle Reserve, a campus natural area in Stevens Point, WI explored the needs for expanded environmental education efforts. In 2014, a three-phased needs assessment framework was employed to explore educational programming offered in the community. Results from interviews and…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Needs Assessment, Environmental Education, Community Programs
Public Libraries in an Age of Financial Complexity: Toward Enhancing Community Financial Literacy
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Smith, Catherine Arnott; Eschenfelder, Kristin – Library Quarterly, 2013
This report describes several linked empirical studies that examine the activities of public libraries in increasing the financial literacy of their service population. A qualitative field study examines librarians' perceptions of the challenges in offering information and services in this domain; a second set of interviews centers on the…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Financial Services, Librarian Attitudes
The Community Leadership Educator's Perspective on Program Sustainability
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Stoecker, Randy; Willis, Catherine; Lersch, Art – Journal of Leadership Education, 2009
Those who work to develop and manage community-based leadership programs have long been concerned with how to sustain them--to keep them healthy and useful. But focusing on how to sustain programs requires exploring what sustainability means. This paper reports on interviews with 41 community-based leadership education program coordinators. In…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Community Leaders, Teacher Attitudes, Interviews
A Social System Analysis of Beautification Project Adoption in Two Wisconsin Cities.
Apps, Darrel Arvin – 1969
A study was made to identify factors which contribute to community interest in, and adoption of, beautification projects and to identify personal and social characteristics of participants, related to a broad interpretation of beautification. A social system analysis approach was used as the framework of the study. Two Wisconsin cities' social…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitudes, Community Leaders, Community Programs