In October 1966 the Ford Foundation established a $10 million line of credit to encourage and assist Columbia University in committing a greater share of its resources and energies to urban and minority affairs. In September 1967 the Urban Center was established as an integral part of the University to administer the Ford funds and to increase the…

This report discusses the types, development, and dynamics of school disputes, and indicates when intervention can bring them to satisfactory resolutions. The format is essentially a casebook of various kinds of disputes and dispute-causing issues. Two kinds of school disputes are emphasized: school-community and internal organizational. The final…

To say that community control is democratic means that such control is consistent with the ideas of the democratic tradition. Even so, participation is hampered by the "natural" apathy of people. But the fact of apathy has too little research as to its causes to be well understood; perhaps, apathy is a rational response to a society which…

This manual describes a variety of approaches a college or university can take to support student volunteers. It summarizes 6 models of volunteer programs currently in use on campuses and describes in detail a seventh "comprehensive" model that allows the school to assist and give general direction but permits students freedom to run their own…

This project was initiated through the discussions and efforts of a number of parents, principals, teachers, and representatives of the College of Education of the University of Maryland. It was developed as an innovative educational project designed to provide support and supplementary services to the educational program in seven schools in upper…

In order to answer questions about the impact of desegregation upon the academic achievement and attitude of pupils and reactions of teachers, parents, and the community, longitudinal evaluation plans were adopted. The primary subjects were the 10,981 pupils who ranged from kindergarten through grade 8 in September 1967, at the start of complete…

During 1972-1973, the Commission on Youth Education in Environmental Conservation for the State of New York sponsored a series of six regional conferences. They were designed to explore needs and solutions in environmental education at the regional level, demonstrate the concept of total community involvement in environmental education, and…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has incorporated several allowances in its regulations pertaining to cable television. Some of these enable citizen groups and communities to intervene in the cable franchise after the final issuance in order to correct deficiencies in the franchising process and the administration of the franchise.…

This document presents a brief history of Texas A&I University at Laredo. Following introductory material, the report encompasses community involvement; a review of the planning year including the 1970-71 academic year, the 1971-72 academic year and a summary of institutional priorities, and the 1972-73 academic year with emphasis placed on…

The evaluation of the 1970-71 bilingual education program in northern Lubbock, Texas, is provided in this paper. The main purpose of the program was to plan, develop, operate, evaluate, and, if necessary, modify a bilingual program which could be operated in self-contained classrooms. The 4 major components of the program, which included 5…

This speech suggests some of the weaknesses in current curriculum planning and offers suggestions for its improvement. The speaker argues that current curriculum planning places too much emphasis on subject curriculum. For successful curriculum planning, the author supports these goals: (1) development of the self-directing, continuing learner;…

This progress report covers Project activities and accomplishments during the first six months (June 15 - December 14, 1971) of Phase IV of the Philadelphia Student Library Resources Project. A selected group of Project materials - Demonstration Center plans, evaluation design, program outlines, Community Advisory Board materials, and information…

This supplement to the progress report of Phase IV of the Philadelphia Student Library Resources Project contains the following information: (1) Outline of major tasks, (2) Objectives for the demonstration center, (3) Sample program outlines of the center, (4) Evaluation design of the center, (5) Community profile and survey, (6) Community…

The Consumer Resources Environteam has developed this idea handbook as part of the Broad Spectrum Environmental Education Program in Brevard County, Florida. Interest had been displayed by local civic groups, fraternal clubs, and private organizations in identifying environmental improvement projects that could be undertaken by individual groups.…

Based on the principle that drug abuse is no longer a problem restricted to certain economic, social, educational, or intellectual levels or ethnic groups, this pamphlet relates some examples of on-going community action programs and projects. Essentially, these programs are striving to solve some of the drug related problems in their immediate…