Describes an effort to develop a cooperative network of university-based social scientists and representatives from various education-related organizations within a community for the purpose of exchanging their limited resources in effective and mutually productive ways. (JG)

The growth of the Dalton, Georgia, park and recreation system is attributable to a continuing spirit of harmony among elected officials, lay contributors, community groups, and professional recreation and park personnel. (SK)

Although interorganizational collaboration is becoming increasingly significant as a means of achieving organizational objectives, it is not an easy process to implement. Drawing on the work of authors with extensive experience, an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of creating collaborative advantage is presented in this volume.…

This handbook is designed to teach communities how to develop an effective juvenile firesetter intervention program. The six chapters of this handbook can be viewed as the six building blocks essential to construct a successful program. The cornerstone of the blueprint is understanding the personality profiles of juvenile firesetters and their…

School-community partnerships can weave together a critical mass of resources and strategies to enhance caring communities that support all youth and their families and enable success at school and beyond. Comprehensive partnerships represent a promising direction for efforts to generate essential interventions to address barriers to learning,…

This booklet is designed to serve as a guide for policymakers who want to involve their constituents in community dialogues on education. It contains information about what community dialogue is, why state policymakers should participate, and how to make the most of participation in a community dialogue on education. This booklet is helpful for…

This booklet is designed for anyone who is interested in bringing state policymakers and their constituents together to dialogue and deliberate about public education. It contains information about what community dialogue is, why state policymakers should be included in dialogue with members of the communities they represent, and how to…

Unique and successful plans in Atlanta and in Valley View, Illinois, have rekindled interest in the all-year school. (Author)

Programs designed to ease the adjustment of over 1100 foreign doctors and nurses serving in Philadelphia hospitals. (IR)

Address delivered at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Seminar, June 22-26, 1970 at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. (DS)

The quality of urban education is poor and must be upgraded. The author, Assistant Secretary for Education and United States Commissioner of Education, writes with the knowledge and view of an educator. (CK)

Suggests that social support systems offer a new avenue toward primary prevention, since social networks provide social meaning and psychological import to the term "community." Examines the nature and health protective effects of social support in the light of the historical evolution of community psychology as a discipline. (Author/AOS)

Explores community analysis as a community resource development base. Examines and classifies community elements necessarily included in community improvement plans: associations, institutions, agencies, businesses, constituencies, and individual effecters. Lists questions involved in determining the community's state of health and the uses of the…

A survey of community educators substantiates the assumption that the neighborhood schools will not lose local control if there are cooperative agreements with community colleges, and that community schools and community colleges should jointly concern themselves with local problems, such as community development, course needs, and recreation. (TA)