Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 has demonstrated that institutions of higher learning can make an important contribution to the solution of community problems through community service projects. But there are limitations, the greatest of which are lack of adequate program funds and mounting program needs, particularly for programs…

THE AUTHOR DEALS WITH THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN EDUCATING STUDENTS TO BE CITIZENS AND LEADERS IN OUR URBANIZED SOCIETY. HE SEES URBANIZATION AS BEING DIFFERENT FROM, THOUGH RELATED TO, INDUSTRIALIZATION, AND HE SEES DISTINCT DIFFERENCES IN THE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESPONSES NEEDED TO DEAL WITH THEM. WHILE INDUSTRIALIZATION, THE MAIN FOCUS OF…

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE WAYS IN WHICH THE UNIVERSITY CAN AND MUST HELP THE CITY SOLVE ITS PROBLEMS. HE SEES THE TWO MAJOR NEEDS OF URBAN INSTITUTIONS AS A MANPOWER SHORTAGE AND A KNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. THE UNIVERSITY MUST MOBILIZE ITS RESOURCES RAPIDLY AND RESPONSIBLY NOT ONLY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WORKERS AVAILABLE BUT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND…

For the university to be of service, it must be attuned to urban life. Some educators have suggested that a special chain of urban grant universities could reproduce in the cities the success of the landgrant colleges with rural society. The question is: Is the rural precedent really pertinent to contemporary urban needs? Analogies from urban…

TWO FORCES ARE COLLIDING IN THE LIFE OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY TODAY--HISTORIC SENTIMENT, NURTURED BY THE FACULTY, AND THE PRESSURES OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO WHICH ADMINISTRATORS HAVE HAD TO ACCOMODATE. ADULT EDUCATION IS AT THE POINT OF IMPACT AND THE BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY NECESSARY TO MEET THE ISSUE HAVE NOT BEEN RAISED.…

At a conference on the college and its community, papers were presented by leaders of universities that had participated in the "sister-college plan" for training adult educators, sponsored by the Negro College Committee on Adult Education. The University of Wisconsin has taken the lead in moving beyond its campus, with no boundaries of…

THE FIRST IN A KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SERIES DESIGNED TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS OF URBANIZATION AND TO ESTABLISH A DIALOGUE BETWEEN URBAN PLANNERS AND PLANNING THEORETICIANS THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION EXTENSION, THIS ESSAY FOCUSES ON THE NATURE AND IMPACT OF URBANIZATION, THE EXTENT OF THE NEED FOR URBAN PLANNING, THE PURPOSES AND…

Ineffective universities and school systems face expanding black ghettos, migration from rural and Southern areas, and the exodus of whites from the inner city. Between 1954 and 1964, in New York City, the Negro and Puerto Rican school population rose from 29% to 50.5%, yet the majority of the teachers remained white and the system did not try to…

In this collection of ten papers, information and ideas are presented on the roles of university adult educators as change agents in urban America. The first paper places certain issues of urban extension and change in a historical and sociological perspective. Another paper urges stronger ties between nonprofessional and professional workers in…

On October 2-4, 1968, a National Seminar on the University in Urban Community Service was conducted in the Center of Adult Education at the University of Maryland, sponsored jointly by the university and the Division of Adult Education of the U.S. Office of Education. On the first day, participants heard from, and interacted with, selected leaders…

THE REPORT OF A PANEL PROGRAM BY THE COUNCIL ON EXTENSION AT THE EIGHTY-FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND LAND-GRANT COLLEGES IN NOVEMBER, 1967, FEATURED URBAN AND UNIVERSITY LEADERS REPRESENTING DETROIT, MILWAUKEE, NEWARK, AND WATTS. THE FIRST ADDRESS COMPARED THE PLIGHT OF AMERICAN INNER CITY NEGRO…

From the 24 institutions of higher learning in the Baltimore Region, 20 report one or more activities in the field of urban affairs. In all, about 350 activities were reported, including a summarized list of individual consultative services from the Johns Hopkins University. Over 100 research projects dealing with urban problems were reported.…

IN AN ADDRESS THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THE POPULATION EXPLOSION VERSUS WORLD FOOD PRODUCTION CAPACITY, TOGETHER WITH URBAN BLIGHT, POVERTY, AND FUNCTIONAL ILLITERACY, INCREASING COMPETITION FOR TRAINED MANPOWER, AND RELATED IMBALANCES IN AMERICAN EDUCATION CONSTITUTE MAJOR TRENDS AND ACUTE PROBLEMS IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. THE AUTHOR FEELS UNIVERSITIES…

ONE OF THE FIRST CONCERNS OF THE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COUNCIL AFTER IT WAS APPOINTED UNDER TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, WAS TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE ALL FEDERALLY SUPPORTED EXTENSION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, ADULT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, ADULT BASIC…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS 43 INDEXED AND ABSTRACTED ENTRIES ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOR ADULTS, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITY PUBLIC SERVICE, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 AND OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS, REPORTS OF SPECIFIC REGIONAL AND LOCAL PROGRAMS ON MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT, AND URBAN AND…