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O'Meara, KerryAnn; Jaeger, Audrey J. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2016
This article considers the historical and current national context for integrating community engagement into graduate education. While it might be argued that most graduate education contributes generally to society by advancing knowledge, we are referring here to community engagement that involves some reciprocal interaction between graduate…
Descriptors: Barriers, Faculty, School Community Programs, Models
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McIlroy, Joan Hartzke; Zeller, Richard W. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1979
Describes efforts to improve provision of community services to handicapped individuals and their families. Looks at both system-targeted and client-centered approaches. Provides lists of community resources, national information sources, and national organizations that provide assistance to the handicapped. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Disabilities
Robinson, Mark; Martin, Kerry – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2008
The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) commissioned this literature review as the first part of a project exploring issues around and approaches to working with Travellers, Irish Travellers, Gypsies, Roma and Showpeople, and the support, training and other programs available to staff involved. The project is intended to contribute to…
Descriptors: Migrants, Migrant Children, Social Services, Labor Force Development
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O'Meara, KerryAnn; Jaeger, Audrey J. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2006
This article considers the historical and current national context for integrating community engagement into graduate education. While it might be argued that most graduate education contributes generally to society by advancing knowledge, we are referring here to community engagement that involves some reciprocal interaction between graduate…
Descriptors: Barriers, Faculty, School Community Programs, Models
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1983
The second of two volumes, this report reviews the state of the art of training for educational personnel and presents recommendations to reform training programs in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Philippines. The introductory chapter considers factors involved in children's failure in primary school. The next chapter…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged, Distance Education
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Buckingham-Hatfield, Susan – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1995
Maintains that community enterprise projects help students develop academic, personal, and transferable skills, while enabling underfunded not-for-profit groups to achieve some of their goals. Provides several examples of programs and suggests methods of improvement. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Action, Community Involvement
McGivney, Veronica – 2000
This report presents results of a study in the United Kingdom to explore different understandings of outreach, its role in widening participation among people underrepresented in organized education, implications of doing outreach, and practical and ethical considerations involved. Chapter 1 addresses origins and meanings of outreach, including…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement