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Download full textMassey, Elizabeth T.; Massey, Joseph A. – 1977
The purpose of this report was to determine the changes that occurred from 1972 to 1976 in the field of Japanese study in the United States. The investigators compiled information from already published material and obtained data from questionnaires that were sent to all colleges and universities known to employ at least one specialist on Japan in…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Second Language Programs, Community Involvement, Cultural Education
Lockart, Barbetta L. – 1979
After nearly 14 years of non-Indian administration, Laguna Elementary School (LES) has acquired a principal and a teacher supervisor who are not merely Indian, but of the Laguna Tribe itself, making LES the only school in the Southern Pueblos Agency with Tribal members as administrators. At first glance the situation is ideal, but there are…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, American Indian Education, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics
Committee for Recreation/Education Cooperation, CA. – 1979
This handbook is a self-help guide for beginning or improving cooperative efforts between recreation, park, and education agencies. The handbook covers: 1) development and writing of guidelines for a formal agreement to cooperate, 2) methods of developing supportive communication strategies, 3) determination of the costs of a cooperative venture,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Services, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Landry, Leonard P.; And Others – 1973
The purpose of this Personalized Activity Kit is to help the participant develop the skills necessary to collect facts related to concerns already gathered. Specifically, these skills are methods for collecting a full range of facts and a means for sifting out the statements that are not true or valid. Guidelines and exercises for distinguishing…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advisory Committees, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
Landry, Leonard P.; And Others – 1973
The purpose of this Personalized Activity Kit is basically threefold. When the participant has performed the steps presented, he will have three products: (1) an improved statement of school goals, (2) a priority list of validated needs, and (3) an operational philosophy. Several steps are involved in developing each of these products,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advisory Committees, Behavioral Objectives, Community Involvement
de Groot, Jane, Ed. – 1979
This book provides information about national organizations which can help parents, citizens, and grassroots organizations become more directly involved in educational policymaking. Emphasis is placed on how and where to get information and the kinds of information needed. Relevant information is provided for the following topics: (1) public…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Gat, Dimitri V. – 1978
In an examination of the characteristics of universities, a plan for an educational linkage unit to facilitate lifelong learning is suggested. The five functions of higher education are defined as trusteeship of cognitive culture, research and graduate training, socialization, certification, and service to society. Factors influencing change are…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Role, Community Involvement, Conference Reports
Peelle, Elizabeth – 1978
The Hartsville, Tennessee nuclear reactor site, the coal plant at Wheatland, Wyoming, and the nuclear plant at Skagit, Washington have mitigation plans developed in response to a federal, state, and local regulatory agency, respectively; the three mitigation plans aim at internalizing community-level social costs and benefits during the…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Involvement, Community Services, Cost Effectiveness
Stout, Robert T. – 1978
This handbook describes activities and strategies that have been used successfully by community organizations to promote school desegregation. The information presented is based, in part, on findings from the Rand Corporation's evaluation of the nonprofit organization program of the Emergency School Aid Act. Specific actions and strategies that…
Descriptors: Activism, Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Community Leaders
Black, Watt L.; And Others – 1977
Attitudes toward and participation in politics by elementary and secondary school social studies teachers in Texas from 1976-1977 are discussed. Political involvement is interpreted to include voting, contributing time and/or money to a political party, running for political office, belonging to a teachers organization, watching news on…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Merkel-Keller, Claudia; Herr, Audrey – 1979
A model for planning and evaluating community education programs--Stufflebeam's context, input, process, product (CIPP) evaluation model--was described and field-tested with the community education programs in Lakewood, New Jersey. Community education was defined as a concern for everything that affects the well-being of all citizens within a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Education, Community Involvement
Kimbrough, Jackie; Hyman, James – 1978
The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) of 1972 authorizes grants or contracts to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and local education agencies (LEAs) to support the LEAs' efforts to desegregate or to reduce minority group isolation or its effects. The NPO program is a small component of ESAA which provides financial assistance to community…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Desegregation Methods
Sparkes, Vernone M. – 1979
A mail survey of 91 past and present users of the community programing (public access) channels in the Toronto, Canada, area revealed that personal contact is most important in the diffusion of knowledge about access opportunities. Friends and colleagues were the most often cited initial source of information; but contact by the cable company…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Action, Community Information Services, Community Involvement
California State Dept. of Employment, Sacramento. – 1967
THE FARM LABOR SERVICE OF CALIFORNIA HAS RECOGNIZED THAT THE RAPID PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE COMPELS FARM WORKERS TO LEARN NEW SKILLS IF THEY ARE TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT. IN VIEW OF THIS, THE FARM LABOR SERVICE HAS PROCEEDED WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL TRAINING NEEDED TO ENABLE WORKERS TO MEET THE SKILLED…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Community, Community Involvement
SHAW, FREDERICK – 1963
THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF CURRENT PROBLEMS IN URBAN EDUCATION. IN THIS CONTEXT IT DESCRIBES SUCH INTERVENTIONS AS A PILOT PROJECT IN THE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND NEW YORK CITY'S HIGHER HORIZONS PROJECT. THESE PROJECTS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY (1) THE USE OF SPECIALIZED EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANTS AND SMALLER CLASS SIZE, (2)…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Counseling Instructional Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
