Intended to provide a starting point for groups which have not yet undertaken community planning for nursing education, and as a reminder for more experienced groups of the many facets which should be considered in the planning process, the guidelines are organized under five key issues: (1) Where the Study Is To Be Made, (2) Who Will Undertake…

Universities have responded to increasingly imperative societal demands by expanding their public service activities, often in the form of social action programs. This development has not extended to the field of psychology, in which the university psychological center could effectively serve to collaborate on university-community efforts. Such a…

After examining factors contributing to success and failure in the schools, the authors present a six-stage program for success--develop community-based goals, develop a district philosophy for implementing the goals, develop a framework of implementation policies, develop district-level learning objectives, develop instructional programs to…

Previous and present relationships between colleges and their communities are examined to determine the various forms of intervention, both social and economic, that will shape this relationship in the future. Four forms of community intervention are identified. (1) By its participation in college programs and services, the community is the…

American Indian rejection of the assimilation process coupled with recent positive Office of Educational Opportunity (OEO) experiences have given birth to new Indian ideologies which encompass regeneration of the internal forces in the Indian community. Local control of education provides the key to regenerative action and total development,…

This book provides an insider's account of the attempts of the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) to introduce self-help educational innovations into the Black community of Mississippi. It documents the efforts of one of the first OEO-financed Head Start projects designed to help the Black people of Mississippi overcome economic,…

The instructional staff at the Southeast Alternatives (SEA) program operated by the Minneapolis Public Schools were surveyed to determine their reaction to the SEA program. The two major objectives of the survey were to obtain staff opinion on issues concerning the program as well as progress toward achieving SEA major goals. The major findings of…

The descriptive guide to career education in Arizona elementary and secondary schools briefly covers each of the following topics: the relationship between career education and the three R's, highlights of a summative evaluation of two career education projects in southern Arizona, community involvement in career education, career education's…

A program development and implementation change agent must be a perceptive individual who: (1) can readily identify all facets of a given situation and can choose the most appropriate alternative available; (2) is knowledgeable about the day-to-day life and politics of small, rural communities; and (3) is perceived as belonging by the community…

Since small school problems are magnified in rural areas and since small rural schools have suffered, consequently, from the consolidation syndrome, it is important to acknowledge the fact that due to geographical limitations some rural areas cannot consolidate and others simply prefer the small school environment. It should also be recognized…

The Rural School Development Project (RSDP) was designed to improve the academic welfare of all elementary and intermediate school children in the Orleans (Vermont) Southwest School District, with three specific, measurable objectives--to improve students' reading achievement, to improve pupil self-image, and to increase the number of teacher…

The proceedings of the Reading for Progress Conference, held on Hilo (Hawaii) on 8 March 1975, are contained in this report. The purpose of this conference was a "refocus" on the reading problems of Hawaii's youth, as viewed by educators, the business and labor community, social agencies, and other government officials. This document…

The cable television decision-making process in Cincinnati, Ohio between 1969 and 1974 was investigated in detail. Data were obtained primarily through a series of open-ended interviews with various decision-making praticipants, including members of a Task Force on Urban Cable Communications, members of the city council and municipal agencies,…

An alternative form of schooling in a metropolitan community is projected in scenario form, tracing the school-life activities of a fictional 1978 high school junior. The conceptual model is of an open community which allows the student to move freely about in the world of work, integrating academic learning with a variety of placement experiences…

In this informal report, all but a few of the pages were written after the dialog sessions of March and April 1976, held on four of the Hawaiian Islands--Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii. All of the selections were written by participants in the dialogs. The task of the dialog sessions was to build an understanding of the specific implications of an…