New design concepts for creative play structures provide challenging experiences for children, yet are still safe enough to be acceptable. Many of these creative playgrounds are made possible by parent and community volunteers. (Author/MLF)

Describes the development of a model playground by the Adams County, Colorado, Head Start Program, giving particular attention to local contributions, physical features of equipment and playground, and ways children use the playground for motor, dramatic, social, and constructive play. (RH)

This article explores various ways to recruit and keep volunteers for park and recreation departments. (RC)

This article describes the volunteer programs of several large companies. (RC)

The article addresses a number of questions about involving staff and community in change: Who? How Much? How? and Why? Several cautions are offered. (BD)

The Morgan Community School, located a mile from the White House in Washington, D.C., offers an example of both the successes and limitations of neighborhood control as a potential tool for improving public education. (Author/JA)

The experiences are related of two guests from South America visiting Crothersville, Indiana to study and learn about agriculture and the FFA in the United States. (EA)

Motor vehicles and commercialism have generated serious problems within the national park system. A Conservation Foundation suggests new directions in management for the National Park Service. (Editors)

Three community studies were catalysts for researchers and residents to generate discussions on: (1) strategies and ethics of community research; (2) problems of ethics, including considerations for a code and comments on community involvement; and (3) recommendations for establishing a technical research consultation service'' in the Society for…

Numerical documentation is available with regard to dropout reduction, decrease in absences, and increase in interest and involvement. (Author)

Article is the story of the Highlander Folk School, founded over forty years ago, and tells how it lends support to an alternative interpretation of our educational tradition. (Editor)

A description of a technological system that will allow a large number of citizens to dialogue with each other regularly and to form their positions on public issues as a group.'' (Author)

This article proposes student involvement in the health curriculum, where petitions and projects for VD treatment, birth control clinics, and other activities might illicit community support. (JA)

A disorientation handbook for the American Library Association's (ALA) Convention prepared by the New York Social Responsibilities Round Table (NYSRRT) Committee for a More Responsive ALA. (Author)