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Gerckens, Ann E. – 2000
Columbus Outdoor Pursuits (COP) is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization in Ohio that has offered outdoor educational and recreational opportunities to its members for 63 years. COP day and trip programs focus on outdoor activities such as bicycling, kayaking, hiking, and rock climbing. In addition, COP offers classes in the skills required for…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Nonprofit Organizations, Outdoor Education, Outdoor Leadership
Leggette, Earl C.; And Others – 1979
This paper reports the result of a three-year research project that implemented the idea of university professors as volunteers to provide released time for public school inservice teachers. It reviews the conception of the idea and gives a detailed account of an actual experiment involving a group of professors and a local high school. The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools
Habben, Dorothy E.; Stewart, Clifford T. – 1980
A model is presented for constructing and evaluating an effective alumni volunteer program to aid in the student recruitment effort. A review of successful programs reveals certain common features and provides important touchstones for other schools looking for the principles and practices with which to organize their own efforts. The first…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Admission, College Applicants, College Students
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. – 1966
THIS REPORT TO CONGRESS DISCUSSES THE HISTORY, FINANCIAL POLICY, VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, AND RATIONALE OF THE PEACE CORPS, WITH EMPHASIS ON PLANS TO IMPROVE TRAINING AND EXPAND ITS PROGRAM. PEACE CORPS TEACHING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTH EDUCATION IN VARIOUS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED. A PROPOSAL…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Cooperation, Budgets, Coordination
Lee, Jasper S., Comp.; Cheatham, Danny L., Comp. – 1986
This document contains 200 one-page abstracts intended to provide a linkage between producers and consumers of research related to the Cooperative Extension Service. The abstracts are organized into nine broad categories: administration, agriculture/natural resources, accountability and evaluation, community resource development, 4-H and youth,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Agricultural Education, Community Development, Community Programs
Miura, Seiichiro – 1984
This guide presents a description of a typical citizens' learning network in a small-sized city in Japan, guidelines for establishing and administering a similar network, and a copy of the regulations of the citizens' learning network in Munakata, Japan. Addressed in the first part of the volume are the following topics: the nature and scope of a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Principles, Adult Education, Community Education