Describes outreach services at the Calgary Public Library, Canada which are designed to meet the needs of disabled and elderly patrons. Space requirements, library equipment, staffing, and services offered are discussed. Five references are listed. (EJS)

Describes the development of a mobile geriatric outreach team. The importance of thorough, interdisciplinary assessment and the offering of active, brief psychotherapy are stressed. Community education programs and consultations to the aging network reach the senior community and other referral sources. Preliminary program evaluation data are…

Cable television has great potential for the future of mass communication. While some recreators lament television as an unsocial form of recreation, others see it as beneficial for its ability to reach shut-ins and handicapped groups. (JN)

After tracing the evolution of today's community colleges, describes Coastline Community College. Focuses on its: committed board of trustees, flexible administrative structure, dispersed learning centers, open access philosophy, flexible programing, diverse access systems, largely part-time faculty, commitment to lifelong learning, and students.…

Marshall University School of Medicine, a new community-based medical school in Huntington, West Virginia which aims to improve the number and distribution of physicians in West Virginia through active involvement of its faculty and residents in primary care delivery, is described. (Author/MLW)

Describes Lake-Sumter Community College's (FL) solution to cost and location barriers to enrollment in noncredit continuing education courses. Discusses the development of courses in seven subject areas; the recruitment, training, and support of volunteer teachers; the location of places to hold free courses countywide, and the program's…

To combat student attrition, counseling centers must expand their programs by reaching out to students before emotional or academic problems begin. Special emphasis should be put on admission counseling, and term, mid-term and between-semester periods. (JAC)

Describes the planning, implementation, and outcome of an experimental social and legal aid outreach program run by American Indian paraprofessionals for native Americans in Seattle, Washington. Describes paraprofessional training, outreach methods, average clients, and sample cases. Demonstrates how minority people without extensive formal…

The poor record of affirmative action plans in government demonstrates that the Carter administration's plan to reform the Civil Service is not working. It is the management that has failed to take the steps necessary to translate pronouncements into practice. (Author/EB)

The role of community colleges in the future is examined. It is suggested that if community colleges are to fulfill their mission adequately, they must assume a new responsibility in providing adult education and community services. (Author/BH)

Canada's community Health Representative Program trains Indians to act as teachers, organizers, promotors, and liaisons in health education among their own people. (MB)

In Kansas City, Missouri, a mobile counseling unit disseminates career information and provides career guidance and placement to residents in a multi-ethnic area characterized by high unemployment rates and low school completion rates. Follow-up studies have shown that the mobile unit's services are satisfactory. Plans are underway to expand the…

Rather than waiting for youngsters interest to flag in school, 12 Illinois school districts screen children for learning deficiencies before they're in Kindergarten. (Editor)

Describes the BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) communications network in upstate New York, highlighting the system's contribution to building community support for public schools via focus groups, press relations, printed and video newsletters to targeted audiences, and the information superhighway. Guidelines for creating and…

The Mobile Van Evaluation and Screening (MoVES) program was established in 1994 by Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) to provide developmental screening and evaluation services to children receiving primary medical care from the Georgetown University Pediatric Mobile Clinic. This article describes the developmental services offered by the…