This paper examines national trends in student characteristics and enrollment patterns, and presents data collected from a survey of 349 evening, off-campus students, to determine the effectiveness of the community college in meeting students' motivational and academic needs.

Library skills were taught to 600 fifth- and sixth-grade students in an effort to indoctrinate them into becoming library users. (Author/PF)

This article specifically describes an evaluation of a Community Health Advocate (CHA) program in a public housing development from the perspectives of various stakeholders. The evaluation consisted of semistructured interviews with advocates, case management, a Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee representative, and non-Advocate residents…

Rural outreach in community mental health centers involves staff commuting from a central agency to surrounding rural towns to provide clinical and/or community service. The problem for outreach staff is how to best provide services to a rural network that is distant and different from the urban network. In general the greater the distance, the…

As part of a Geriatric Education and Health Management program, a model nurse-managed free clinic has been established at an urban senior center by faculty and students of the University of New Mexico College of Nursing. Funded by a 3-year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, the weekly clinic is based on Orem's self-care theory…

This study, which updates the 1971 "National Survey of Library Services to the Aging," was undertaken in 1986 to identify, describe, and compare the extent and variety of current services with those in 1971; measure variables in organizational support and suggest how they might influence service; and make recommendations for future…

This manual describes and evaluates the implementation of Project BEST-PAL (Basic Education Skills Through-Parent Affective Learning), Brevard Community College's special demonstration training project intended to return adults who have dropped out of the educational system back into the learning environment by bringing them to parenting classes…

A directory describing some of the economic development outreach programs currently administered by colleges and universities is presented with detailed descriptions of examples of the current wide variety of economic development activities. Listings for 382 programs at 170 public higher education institutions nationwide are provided, based on…

A study investigated the perceptions and commercial problems of craftspeople in the South West region of England and suggested some solutions. Questionnaires were sent to 600 identified enterprises and craftspeople. From the 51 percent who responded, 50 sites were chosen for semistructured interviews. The perspectives of agencies and buyers…

A zoo outreach program for preschoolers was evaluated by assessing the reactions of the children themselves. Children's attitudes toward certain animals were measured before and after live exposure to those animals in regular preschool settings. The attitudinal measure was a nonverbal expression of affect as elicited by pictures. Additionally,…

The report documents activities of Project Outreach, U.S.A., a 1-year outreach project designed to provide assistance and inservice training to promote the development or improvement of programs for blind and visually impaired young children. The project's goals are reviewed along with project staffing planning and preparation, and types of…

The document reports on the sixth year activities of the Outreach: Macomb 0-3 Regional Project, a rural model for handicapped high risk infants, toddlers, and their families. Major project goals are to increase and improve specialized services for the population, refine the existing outreach model, and help develop evaluation and documentation…

Explores the library and information needs of the aged and the functionally illiterate. (PF)

A structured life-planning workshop geared to outreach or preventative vocational counseling for college students was studied. Behavioral and attitudinal measures derived from a career process model of career development were examined. Significant differences between experimental and control groups were found. (Author)

The document serves as a directory of projects supported by Special Education Programs grants and contracts in the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) and provides an overview of their activities. An introduction describes the HCEEP network and cites evidence of its effectiveness and impact. The overview section summarizes five…