Through the use of newspapers in a micro-society classroom, students begin to understand: (1) the forces which shape communities; (2) the contributions of newspapers in recording community experiences; and (3) the role students can play in shaping their communities. Activities for each section of the newspaper are suggested. (CS)

Presents survey data indicating that residence in urban areas is not correlated with distrust of neighbors but is correlated with distrust of other people in the wider community. (Author/MK)

A year-round tennis instruction program was developed to provide an alternative to private club and municipal programs of tennis instruction. Private and group lessons were given at moderate prices. Other benefits of the program include improved community relations and more opportunities for experience for young tennis instructors. (JN)

General guidelines to develop community support of children's programs are presented within a conceptual framework. General design features include planning, development, and implementation. Specific tasks are identified and a planning guide is provided. (Author/DB)

Draws upon community field theory and human ecology and uses data from 120 rural Pennsylvania school districts to examine the relative contributions of past community actions, development of solidarity, and ecological variables (socioeconomic status, remoteness, previous industrialization, and percentage of residents commuting to work) to the…

Reconstructs the culture of an historically black school and describes how school closure during the mid-1970s affected the surrounding community. School desegregation decision makers were culturally ignorant of what made black schools good and their culturally constructive benefits. This ignorance precipitated the loss of important cultural…

Attempts to design a multiple-item, multiple-dimension organization/public relationship scale. Finds that organizations and key publics have three types of relationships: professional, personal, and community. Provides an instrument that can be used to measure the influence that perceptions of the organization/public relationship have on consumer…

Three books by Eleanora Tate, "The Secret of Gumbo Grove" (1988), "Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.!" (1992), and "A Blessing in Disguise" (1995) are discussed with respect to their portrayal of African-American children and their responsibility to both themselves and their community. (MAK)

A study examining the role of heritage language (HL) competence in social relationships among second-generation language minorities surveyed 114 Korean Americans. HL speakers had a strong ethnic identity and a greater understanding and knowledge of cultural values, ethics, and manners than HL nonspeakers. HL competence also provided professional…

Instead of employing "inside-outside" marketing via inhouse brochures, newsletters, and websites, public schools should begin practicing "outside-inside" marketing in which strategic planning and then action comes from the marketplace (the community) to the school. Public perceptions are gathered through surveys, focus groups, and indepth…

A model of intervention for enhancing cohesiveness among community members who hold different political orientations due to the threat of relocation is presented. Residents of communities in the Golan Heights, Israel, were divided into two subgroups according to their political orientations: pro-peace versus pro-territories. The intervention model…

Rural intentional communities withdraw from mainstream urban space, rejecting its materialism and consumption. In creating their own places in the countryside, they produce new spaces of rurality. Constructions of rurality by intentional communities can be perceived as "out of place" by local populations. This article draws on a wider…

This article provides a community relations professional the rationale and background regarding the use of Universal Instructional Design in classrooms. It also provides community relations specialists with a communication plan for educating the public on Universal Instructional Design via a teaching and modeling approach. Results of a recent…

This case study contributes to a small but growing literature on African American educational leadership. Previous studies have shown that, building on a history of segregated schools for Black students staffed by Black teachers in which strong school-family-community relations were essential for the survival of their schools, Black principals…

A chronology of the events leading up to the beginning of campus construction for the new Rock Creek Center of Portland Community College. All planning events from June 1968 to January 1976 are listed. The Center is designed as an educational shopping center that maximizes the college-community interface. (DC)