Presents 25 tips for connecting students with their community, including involving them with local business people, helping them interact with local senior citizens, familiarizing them with the newspaper and encouraging them to read it or write for it, making them aware of cultural events, and teaching them about civic responsibility by helping…

While librarians deliver a vital public service within diverse communities, they are often invisible in the community development process initiated by civic planners, activists, and local government officials. This book challenges librarians everywhere to get involved early and often by demanding a place at the community planning and development…

Using public service time on local radio stations allows a community college to inform its constituents about college programs, services, activities, and personnel. (Author/MLF)

Pasteur's quadrant is offered as a framework for escaping the dichotomy of "applied" vs. "basic" research. By focusing on research inspired by the community or society's needs, and which also draws on or creates appropriate theory, public universities can alter faculty's research agenda so that the total contribution of university research to the…

Ways in which college public relations officers have addressed public concerns about higher education are detailed. Campus communicators are encouraged to cooperate within and among institutions to encourage public appreciation of higher education's role in society. (MSE)

The University of Oklahoma's Price College of Business has implemented an integrated core curriculum that relies on engaging students in business-world experiences to provide a conceptual basis for integration of a wide range of concepts. Experience is gained through two projects--creation and management of a start-up company (funded by a loan)…

This paper provides a list of questions for prospective faculty members to consider asking during job interviews. It includes suggestions for successful interviews, including being prepared to give a short presentation on current or recently completed research, being prepared to answer questions concerning such research, and being able to present…

A university's commitment to community service is vital to establishing productive working relationships with important community offices and committees. Several public relations officers were asked to describe the different ways they cultivate understanding. Experiences of Syracuse University and the University of Scranton are described. (MLW)

A model for developing a spirit of volunteerism and social responsibility among students on a college campus is outlined. The model incorporates five phases of student development that accompany community service participation. Suggestions are made for implementing such a model effectively within the student affairs function. (MSE)

Educators from around the United States convened for a conference focusing on youth leadership. Participants included classroom teachers, independent education consultants, school administrators, individuals affiliated with universities, and educators affiliated with such institutions as the YMCA, the YWCA, exchange programs, and museums. Two…

For lawyers, judges, criminal justice people, and other professionals wanting to become involved in law-related education programs in their area schools, this handbook offers information on how schools are organized and how one might go about developing a working relationship with them. Suggestions are offered for getting started and involving the…

This book, while necessarily concerning itself with computer technology, approaches technology as a tool for providing public-service and helps librarians and others effectively manage public-access computers. The book is organized to progress from more technological to more managerial topics. The first chapter--which answers the question, "What…

An undergraduate curriculum in public affairs is proposed that is multidisciplinary, rooted in the liberal arts, and that emphasizes development of conceptual, analytical, and interpersonal skills required for public policymaking and implementation. Questions addressed would include such issues as the definitions of public and national interests.…

College alumni associations are using a variety of approaches to improve alumni participation. Surveying alumni for needs and preferences can be fruitful. Program ideas include career planning, parent programs, community service, student relations activities, and high school recruitment. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation is crucial to…

Service learning programs, which combine practical volunteer community service experience with traditional academic study, are cost effective and meaningful alternatives to college activities programing. Such programs increase learning options, are good public relations, can involve faculty and departments, and attract a wider variety of students…