This study explored the effects of service learning and community service on college undergraduates' cognitive and affective development, investigating how service enhanced learning. Longitudinal data were collected from 22,236 students attending a national sample of baccalaureate-granting institutions. Most had entered college as freshmen in fall…

This paper presents results of a customer satisfaction survey of Vermont elementary and secondary public schools concerning satisfaction with mental health services during the 1996-97 school year. Analysis of completed questionnaires (N=233) are interpreted from a marketing perspective. Findings are reported for: (1) treated prevalence of…

This directory is a guide to 500 programs and services for children with special needs in New York City. Programs are listed alphabetically. When possible, each entry includes the following information: program name, address, contact information (phone, fax, e-mail), and a description which includes (when available and appropriate) the following…

Scouting continues to enjoy the cordial endorsement of school men everywhere in the US. More and more those interested are coming to see the enormous possibilities of cooperation between the scout movement and the schools. Many schools now give credit for scout work done outside of the schools. Many more are in hearty sympathy with the program as…

The Girl Scouts, a national organization, is open to any girl who expresses her desire to join and voluntarily accepts the promise and the laws. The object of the Girl Scouts is to bring to all girls the opportunity for group experience outdoor life, and to learn through work, but more by play, to serve their community. Patterned after the Girl…

Discussed the responsibilities of the community college toward the local community, and specifically considered the importance of satisfying youth, aged 16 to 19, in order that those transitional years are spent in a positive manner. (RK)

Building on the work of Charles Tiebout (1956), presents a consumer choice model in which tax-service ratios at different locations in the metropolitan area and family income are determinants of residential location. Then considers the implications of two possible solutions to urban area fiscal problems -- revenue sharing and metropolitan…

Includes five administrative phases'' and nine steps followed in conducting a community survey. (SP)

The individual contemplating a promotion, seeking a career change, or faced with retirement may want to recycle his lifestyle. (Editor)

Described is a program, ENCOR, which aims at total community integration of all retarded citizens in a five county region. (GW)

Report of a meeting of representatives from the National Recreation and Park Association and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. (AN)

Tutoring programs are coordinated by the Florida State University Office of Student Community Inner Action, a university-funded organization which originated several student volunteer programs in Gadsden County. (JM)

The entire issue contains a directory listing in the following areas relating to the deaf: educational programs and services, rehabilitation programs and services, community programs and supportive services, and research and information programs and services. (RD)