Apartheid-designed higher education institutions continue to have a major influence on students and higher educators in South Africa. There is a need for innovative approaches for engaging with difference in higher education. One means of doing this could be through innovative pedagogical approaches. The Community, Self and Identity project…

Racism still abounds on the college campus. Thomas and Yates have implemented two paraprofessional programs in an attempt to alleviate this problem. Their work speaks to all persons involved in human service delivery systems. (Author)

What's happening in training programs on campus? And where do the graduates go? True and Young's pioneer work in the Center for Human Services Research provides many of the answers. (Author)

Included in this presentation is a description of a student handbook containing rules and regulations of the campus, and information about transportation, housing, health services, extra curricular activities, and other data. A telephone network is described which operates around the clock to give students access to a wide variety of topics…

A program that combines management skill development and applied gerontology is described. It includes five components: core courses, management courses, electives, gerontology courses, and fieldwork. A survey of graduates shows that job opportunities exist and that training has proven successful. (MSE)

Describes an introductory course that is part of one university's efforts to prepare human service workers to function more effectively in an integrated-services environment. According to student reports, the course is beneficial. (MKA)

This publication is a directory to over 2,000 paid and unpaid youth development internships in nonprofit human service agencies across the United States. An introduction describes youth development programs and organizations; the work they do helping to develop youths' social, moral, emotional, physical, and cognitive competencies; what the…

Describes Sinte Gleska University's Human Services Program, which offers associate and baccalaureate programs to train midlevel human service professionals (i.e., criminal justice and mental health/social workers) within a reservation context. Describes program outcomes. Stresses the need for training to serve culturally different persons in the…

Five studies conducted as part of a state college planning project are presented in this report. Section I provides career choice information for one of the state college compuses (Fitchburg). Section II contains current manpower data (as perceived by Massachusetts superintendents) and perceived needs from the field for career opportunities in…

This presentation describes a program being developed at South Plains College (SPC) of Lubbock to train paraprofessional helpers at the two-year degree level. As an interface between the training of helpers at the four-year and graduate degree levels of preparation and the non-degree or extra-degree level of preparation in the helping professions,…

Explored number of programs initiated to involve older adults in meaningful volunteer tasks, responsibilities, and roles on university campuses. Data demonstrate the feasibility of these programs and positive outcomes include improvement of intergenerational communication, reduction of ageism, provision of services to educational institutions, and…

Placement and retention data demonstrate that the program has been successful in preparing students for careers in aging. Job mobility has been high within the field. The career line concept appears more applicable to students who complete the long-term care administration concentration. (Author)

This report reviews the origins of the Human Corps concept, discusses the Human Corps activities of the University of California and the California State University over the past year (1991), and offers two recommendations concerning future reporting requirements related to this program. The recommendations are: (1) the University of California…

The Youth and Community Services Program was designed for the education of human services professionals and paraprofessionals. Two parallel programs were implemented in 1973--a two-year program at Staten Island Community College and a four-year program at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. At Staten Island, the curriculum involved…

This paper discusses an undergraduate degree program in applied social sciences which is designed to prepare personnel for a broad range of entry-level human services functions in community agency settings. In a sense it is an undergraduate program in guidance and counseling and teaches skills which can be used to help people become more…