At a time when many regions are grappling with economic challenges and universities are struggling to demonstrate their public value, the question of how regions and universities might partner effectively begs to be addressed. This qualitative case study examines the engagement of six land-grant institutions in regions not proximate to their…

The document reports on the sixth year activities of the Outreach: Macomb 0-3 Regional Project, a rural model for handicapped high risk infants, toddlers, and their families. Major project goals are to increase and improve specialized services for the population, refine the existing outreach model, and help develop evaluation and documentation…

Approximately 35 literacy practitioners in Pennsylvania were trained and mentored in action research from July 1995-June 1996. The project used two models of delivery. With a team of five trainers/mentors, the urban model was developed in the Pittsburgh and Erie western region and an outreach model was used in the northern, northeastern, and…

This final report summarizes the activities and outcomes of a federally funded outreach project designed to provide training and materials to educators interested in replicating key aspects of the Regional Program for Preschool Handicapped Children, located in New York State. All the major objectives of the project's outreach efforts during the…

Illinois, with 11 other states, has developed area health education center projects recommended by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education and federally funded. The University of Illinois experience is reported. A conceptual model is presented, which is related to regionalized health professions education, with medical education as the focus…

This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the Regional Consulting Center for Early Adolescents with Attention Deficit Disorders, a personnel training project for teachers and related services personnel working with students with attention deficit disorders (ADD) in the 5th through 9th grades. The program emphasized…

A model is proposed for a rural industrial education outreach center which would function on a regional basis providing supportive services to several Alaskan school districts in the areas of needs assessment; identification, purchase, and distribution of instructional materials; design of competency-based programs; teacher orientation and…

The Pennyrile Education Services Model Plan was developed to meet the literacy and basic skills needs of undereducated adults living in a predominantly rural, 10-county region of Kentucky known as Pennyrile. The model plan includes the establishment of eight education services centers, beginning with a center in Madisonville that serves…

This document presents principles and plans for a proposed Nebraska state program to provide integrated services to students who are deaf or hard of hearing. After an introduction which illustrates the overall model, the report identifies guiding principles for all programs serving children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Next, principles of…

The report examines and documents the part played by certain local and regional committees in the operation of the Priority Country Area Program (PCAP) in South-West and Central Queensland prior to 1980. Two original studies are described: one concerned with the Local Advisory Committees (LACs) in South-West Priority Country Area and the other…