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An Evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act Nonprofit Organizations Program; Evaluation Study, Executive Summary.
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Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation. – 1979
One component of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) is the Nonprofit Organization Program (NPO), under which local groups funded for this purpose carry out a program designed to support the development or implementation of a public school desegregation plan. The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of NPO groups compared with…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Organizations, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
A Consideration of the Impacts of Two Intensive Rural Leadership Development Programs on Male and Female Participants.
Howell, Robert E.; Cook, Annabel Kirschner – 1978
The comparative impact of 2 intensive rural leadership development programs on male and female participants in Montana and Pennsylvania was examined. One goal of the one to three year programs (to increase the participants' involvement in public affairs organization) was tested by analysis of pre- and posttest data regarding participants…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Community Services
Stimulating Human Services Reform. Human Services Monograph Series, Number 8, June 1978.
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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. Project Share. – 1978
This monograph discusses how to bring about changes and reforms in the area of human services. The introduction defines human services and briefly discusses some reform movements and whether or not viable change methods are available. Section I discusses the roles of various change participants including the change agent, lobbyist, ombudsman,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Citizen Participation
A Model for Planning Vocational Education at the Local Level. Information Series No. 153.
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Bregman, Ralph – 1979
One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper presents an educational planning model which incorporates citizen involvement at the local level and provides a more responsive and efficient vocational education system. In the first section techniques are discussed for encouraging community participation, such as general…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement
An Assessment of Changes in Affiliations in Public Affairs Organizations Among Graduates of Four Intensive Leadership Development Programs.
Howell, Robert E.; Weir, Ivan L. – 1978
Intensive leadership development programs in Pennsylvania, Michigan California, and Montana positively affected the participation of program graduates in public affairs organizations. The programs, begun in 1965, and designed to prepare young men and women from rural areas for more effective leadership in agricultural and public affairs, consisted…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Community Services
Increasing the Participation of Women and Minorities in Educational Research and Development. Final Report.
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Gittell, Marilyn – 1980
The procedures and outcomes of community research training programs whose participants were mostly women and minority students in Boston, Los Angeles, and Atlanta are examined in this report. Each training program consisted of two phases with emphases on the development of basic research skills and field work experience in community organizations.…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Students, Community Organizations, Community Services