This final report of the Model-Cities-Related Planning Project discusses its development direction and performance with regard to services and programming for the Urban Campus of Delaware Technical and Community College. The project activities were focused on the following objectives: (1) developing a comprehensive community college with strong…

This discussion paper is written in the belief that the intra-curricular implications of social service have to be considered for integration into the secondary school curriculum. The community as a whole can add another dimension to the methods by which schools work towards the objective of social growth. Through the experience of community…

Educational Testing Service sponsored two conferences for the purpose of further defining and assessing the impact of career education. Presentations indicating its widespread interest and importance made during the conference were: (1) "Introduction" by William W. Turnbull, (2) "Federal Initiatives and Career Education" by Peter P. Muirhead, (3)…

Three of the papers in this collection present the separate models--school based, employer based, and home-community based. Titles of the five papers are: (1) "Facts and Fantasies of Career Education" by Gorden I. Swanson, (2) "Strategies for Implementing Career Education: A School Based Model" by Aaron J. Miller, (3)…

The purpose of this project was to organize an effective, comprehensive, public relations program in a medium size school district and, hopefully, increase the image of the district. The data contained in this report will demonstrate a clear need for the organization of a public relations program, the extent to which an effective, comprehensive…

Describes the educational program developed by Pennsylvania State University for community health services decision makers and offers suggestions for others in developing similar programs. (MF)

As a result of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1976, the majority of school systems will promote or require the formation of advisory committees. Suggestions to aid the agricultural instructor in establishing and utilizing advisory committees are presented in this article. (BM)

An area vocational school teacher responsible for working one-third time with disadvantaged and handicapped adults describes techniques and procedures used in assessing needs of the mountain people in a rural area of northern Georgia and in marshalling resources of various state and community agencies to develop an appropriate program in consumer…

Describes the two basic program development methods used in a parent education project of the Franklin County (Ohio) Children Services: (1) program development by local planning committees from specific suburban, rural, and urban geographical areas, and (2) construction of predesigned programs for parents who are clients of the agency. (MF)

Eight field-tested staffing strategies for community-based programs for severely handicapped students are described. Advantages and disadvantages are summarized, and a decision-making process for selecting strategies is discussed. Among recommendations are the need to maximize coordination between school and nonschool instruction and to collect…

Describes Vancouver Community College's development of a community education program in the district's multiethnic, low-income, urban North East Sector. Explains how the project changed its goals and emphases, how it spawned new projects, and how it declined. Sees a new cycle of community development and social reform taking shape. (AYC)

Describes the objectives of the RISE legislation, specifically, to reform a school system which must keep up with a society whose technological and social changes are occurring at an increasing rate. (Author/RK)

Discusses Jesse Jackson and his program to inspire self-help in urban education. (IRT)

This truancy prevention publication provides a general background discussion on the issue of truancy but mainly centers on the nuts and bolts of developing and implementing an effective community wide collaborative to address truancy. The first section provides some understanding of the factors associated with truancy and the resulting high costs…