Outreach is defined as one of six types of public service, along with inreach, university service, professional service, community/civic service, and consulting. Outreach is part of the academic core, cross-cutting teaching, research, and service. Its integration into the university mission changes the focus of continuing higher education. (SK)

An Oregon pilot effort enabled rural leaders to use computer networks and databases through the Internet. The "virtual community" thus created facilitated communication among diverse audiences separated by distance. (SK)

Discusses the author event in libraries and the efforts Baker and Taylor has made to bridge the communication gap between publishers and libraries and to encourage author publicity events. Argues that events are good business for publishers, writers, and libraries; and outlines aspects libraries must consider in organizing such an event. (EA)

Argues that patrons in a publicly supported academic library come from the general community as well as from the university, and include children, adolescents, and business people. The importance of recognizing the needs of various user groups and budgetary and staff limitations are stressed along with setting future priorities. (28 references)…

Openness and accessibility were once the hallmarks of U.S. public schools. Civic and governmental agencies held meetings in the schools, and families and community groups came together at schools their children attended. Now that 75 percent of all taxpayers have no children in school, it is essential that school districts stop overprotecting…

Discusses roles of school counselor in outreach, advocacy, and consultation. Presents intervention model which includes three levels of identification across six categories of situations and conditions. Concludes that, as counselors become more comfortable with multidimensional roles, their effectiveness will expand. (ABL)

Describes plans for Community Outreach Education Program (COEP), designed to provide educational interventions to disseminate information about diagnoses, assessment, management, and treatment of dementia to health care professionals, service providers, staff or volunteer and community agencies, and family members. Describes plans within context…

Financially strapped elementary schools can explore some community resources to enrich arts programs, including college or university arts presenters, local arts council, local cultural organization, state arts agency, and regional arts organization. Schools should also consider local people trained in some aspect of arts: architects, furniture…

Describes outreach service in rehabilitation hospital through which volunteers with previous amputations visited patients with recent amputations, acting as role models and offering emotional support and information. Notes that patients who were visited had strong positive responses to the program, and identified critical components of the…

Assessed self-esteem among homeless people (n=61). Found associations between low self-esteem and depression, family relationships, goal attainment, disability, health, and food deprivation. Findings suggest that depression and poor health are two most significant variables contributing to low self-esteem. (Author/NB)

The Ulster People's College is a community education center committed to radical social change and individual and collective growth. Its major concerns are assisting with social and economic problems and studying and bridging cultural and political divisions through an antisectarian approach. (SK)

Although new Widening Participation initiatives are promising for increased access to higher education in Britain, such policy initiatives tend to reinvent the wheel. A distinctive, radical vision is needed that places the university at the center of social renewal in excluded communities. (SK)

Reports on efforts at several universities to encourage more male students to use student health services, including establishment of male-only health clinics. Programs at the University of Colorado (Boulder), San Francisco State University (California), University of Rochester (New York), and Tulane University (Louisiana) are noted. (DB)

Article summarizes information on the prevalence of self-destructive behaviors and includes risk and protective factors. Describes the effectiveness of existing prevention programs. Proposes a coordinated, resilience-building prevention strategy which addresses generic and domain-specific knowledge and skills. (Author/JDM)