For almost 20 years, from 1917 to the 1930s, the traveling Chautauqua circuits and festivals brought education, inspiration, and entertainment to remote and not-so-remote communities. Now in the 1980s, emphasis is once more being placed on the value of local community life, on self-reliance and mutual help with respect to the social, cultural, and…

This resource manual was designed to encourage active parent and community cooperation with the school in developing good nutrition practices for school children and their families. Chapter one presents introductory information. The second chapter contains a variety of materials that may be used to involve the parents in the nutrition education…

An innovative effort in problem-solving has resulted in mutual cooperation between community volunteers, social service agencies, interested individuals, and private enterprise in funding the provision of social services to senior citizens living in a downtown Cleveland resident hotel, the Carter Manor. The cooperative effort began with the…

If curricular change to meet student needs were to produce a community focus on central problems of human development, it could serve to transform an institution into one better prepared to serve societal and institutional needs. (Author/KE)

An informal survey of administrative personnel at six community colleges in North Carolina elicited perceptions of the characteristics of the Southern Appalachian people, their socioeconomic condition, their cultural influences, and the importance of community college accessibility and transportation. Implications for community college governance…

This workbook is designed to build or improve the basic planning skills needed by persons responsible for program planning in alcohol service agencies. An understanding of the generic planning process in the development or expansion of community alcoholism-realted services can be acquired through the use of this guide. The workbook attempts to…

This guide is the first in a series of eleven generated in 1978 as the result of workshops that focused on peer training, a different approach to teaching. By sharing summaries of group discussions, the authors of this booklet hope to encourage citizens to work cooperatively within their communities to solve problems. The booklet also is intended…

The first rule for setting up and working with an advisory is to know that their advice is needed and should be valued. An advisory ensures that advice is received from segments of the community that usually have no voice in policy making. The purpose of the advisory should be established immediately. Familiarization with holidays, vacations,…

This speech defines the planning process involved in the development of a community-based corrections project. The correctional planners attempt to strike a realistic balance between the need for incarceration of offenders and the need for rehabilitation and treatment. The multiple influences available through community corrections are seen as…

Completed by a WICHE intern as part of an effort to bring together community organizations with institutions of higher education, the report compiles and assesses the educational program presently offered by the Grand Junction Historical Museum and Institute of Western Colorado. A major objective was to help the museum develop a program to change…

This paper argues the case for the establishment of local affiliates of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The author considers the process of language acquisition ("the central business of growing up and of becoming a useful member of society") and the role that both formal and informal education play in it. The…

Some tentative conclusions based on an urban university community planning program deal with the characteristics of university communities, special problems engendered by these characteristics, and methods to combat them. The problems discussed center around planning, land acquisition, zoning and community relations. (HH)

This report describes the development of an inner-city college-community teacher education program designed at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles. Originally the program recruited and trained as Spanish teachers Cuban refugee professionals who expressed an interest in teaching. The program developed further after California approved…

Two preventive interventions aimed at reducing the stress of the first year of college for freshmen were evaluated. A written-interactive program was compared to a peer-led group program. The programs differed in the type of students they attracted. Neither was effective in reducing dropout rate or improving grade point average. (Author/MFD)

This article discusses the development of health education and the internal communication between health educators within the discipline and between educators, health professionals, and human services professionals. (JD)