Using a Southampton (England) REPLAN project as a model, the author gives some guidelines on involving unemployed people in education and support groups. (Author/CH)

Describes the Stanly Technical College Library's public relations program which attempts to encourage the use of library and media resources and to promote the college as a major community resource. Highlights library activities, including a photography contest for students and staff, and displays featuring college programs and local history. (DMM)

The establishment, operation, and evaluation of the Occu Sort career exploration kit in a university library is described. The kit was cost effective and useful to a wide variety of students. Kit helpfulness was not differentiated by sex of user, reason for using it, or previous career assistance. (BL)

Considers reasons for new college-community cooperation and forces within and external to community colleges that will be supportive of or resistant to the approach. (DMM)

Evaluates the effectiveness of a peer counseling training program in a nursing home in Victoria, B.C. The goal was to expand the number of helpers available and involve more residents in their self-care. The results indicated that the training model used is an effective method of teaching helping skills. (Author/JAC)

This article describes a system of community-based social counselors whose function is to assist individuals and families living in 11 public housing parks in Norfolk, Virginia. The aim of the program is to reach individuals who, because of location and difficulty with transportation, might never get to a counselor for assistance. (Author/EJT)

In order for a library to serve a special group, simply adding a couple of books and videos is not good enough. There needs to be comprehensive research done about the group so the library's collection and services are at the best quality. The Filipino community is the second largest Asian group in the San Francisco Bay Area; yet nothing has been…

States originally had until September 30, 2000 to spend their first year of funds under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) or else lose any unspent funds. Funds remaining unused after 3 years were to be reallocated to states that had spent their SCHIP funds before the deadline. Only 12 states met the deadline, with many states…

Nonmetropolitan areas have the highest percentage of people with disabilities, including severe disabilities. However, rural people with disabilities may represent a population that is underserved or difficult to reach. Barriers to information dissemination in rural areas include limited transportation and communications infrastructures, greater…

Families and communities can be valuable allies for professional educators and policymakers working to ensure high levels of student achievement. This publication emphasizes the use of technology to develop sustainable approaches and strategies that fit into a coordinated, comprehensive, and coherent family and community engagement program. It…

The ideas in this booklet were collected by the Institute of International Education to promote greater participation by women from developing countries in international scholarship programs. Many of the points would be applicable to other underrepresented groups as well. A number of suggestions are made to increase recruitment of women to…

A survey of all Early Head Start programs funded from 1995-1998 was conducted during the winter of 1999-2000 to determine involvement of fathers in the programs and program outreach to involve fathers. Program representatives from 261 programs completed the survey on the World Wide Web or by mail, for a 62.5 percent response rate. Findings…

This program guide/teacher guide from the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) offers suggestions for how to celebrate "Music in Our Schools Month" (MIOSM), the time of year when music education becomes the focus of schools across the nation and also an opportunity for teachers and students to share musical ideas and…

The author describes an "outward bound" program at Ohio State University in which graduate students in guidance and counseling work with inmages at Ohio reformatories. (RP)

Proper guidance systems for delivering knowledge "packages" to communities are probably no less important to such an operation than they are for technical operations charged with hardware delivery. Yet, in the human sciences we are plagued with uncertainties about the proper "fit" of design at the receiving end (local or community level).…