Describes an instructional telephone network at Kirkwood Community College (Iowa) which involves a four-wire telephone system allowing two-way conversations between the instructor and an unlimited number of outlying class meeting sites. Discusses the advantages and successes of the program. (AYC)

Mental health agencies have been subjected to extensive criticism. Reformers suggest agencies should place more emphasis upon prevention, outreach, and crisis-oriented services and make more use of planning, research, and citizen contributions. Insufficient attention has been given to staff attitudes toward these reforms. A theory for analyzing…

Describes the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation/Kellogg Project, whose purposes were to identify the essential elements of non-traditional study programs; to develop a classification, guidelines, and evaluation procedures for such programs; and to propose a policy for more uniform approaches by accreditation commissions. Outlines project…

Reviews the present situation of off-campus programs in terms of the value placed on off-campus degrees, process-oriented standards of accreditation, the agencies that evaluate continuing education programs, the federal government's interest and role, and guidelines for evaluating administration, faculty, and students. (MB)

Reports the results of a survey of counselor education programs regarding development of training for community/agency counselors. Concludes that community/agency training programs need considerable attention and development. (Author)

Focuses on the mutual need effective prevention programing and drug research have on one another. Presents a brief natural history of a South Bronx, New York City junior high school survey completed in 1976. Findings relating to the development of prevention efforts in the school and community are reviewed. (Author)

The study investigated the effectiveness of two outreach/education modalities established to increase the utilization of mental health services by Hispanic elders: (1) a service delivery modality, and (2) a mass media modality. (NQ)

Humanists must be aggressive in promoting their chosen fields without giving way to current dissatisfaction, suggests the author. A new federal program, the "State-Based" Program, has been established under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Humanities to encourage humanists to meet with the public to discuss specific issues.…

In light of the university's roles of providing advanced learning in a new educational market and addressing the complex issues facing the nation's future, this article offers 10 strategies including better interaction between teaching, research, and service; incentive and reward systems for university units and individual faculty that support…

Describes the educational programs at the Argonne National Laboratory that contribute to the development of a technically trained and diverse national workforce. Discusses precollege and college/university programs. (JRH)

The Ohio Urban University Program, a consortium of eight universities, is a collaborative program of research, training, planning, database development, and technical assistance serving Ohio's major metropolitan areas. It has developed an evaluation system to assess the effectiveness of and help improve its outreach services. The system's…

Profiles Dorothy M. Schirtzinger, library director at the Lee County Library System (LCLS) in Fort Myers, Florida. Discusses her education and early jobs; mentors; the educational mission of the library; increases and developments in staff, branches, budget, and in-library and outreach programs; automation; federal funding; and future plans. (AEF)

Examined families who decline participation in intervention and assessment components of family-focused prevention projects. Parents (n=459) identified the most important of 28 barriers. Results demonstrate that several time-related factors, logistic requirements, family member influences, and sociodemographic factors were important barriers.…

Focuses on the connections between the music industry and music education. Address the trends in outreach and advocacy in the music industry. Includes a list of Web sites for the music industry and a list of organizations in the music industry. (CMK)

Discusses alternative methods of providing public library service to one-house stop clients of mobile libraries in the United Kingdom. Investigated books by mail, village shop libraries, extending housebound service, and transporting clients to the library; calculated costs to compare with mobile library cost; and surveyed staff and client…