This paper discusses a reorganization plan for the University of Vermont. Faculty, students, and community groups were asked to define educational and related competencies in a futures perspective within a community context and to define new organizational patterns to achieve new missions and functions. Seven recommended changes are discussed, and…

Runaways have become a concern to Congress, law enforcement agencies, courts, and parents. Since running away is a juvenile offense, it has serious legal consequences for the young people involved. This publication describes one community's successful effort to divert runaways from the juvenile justice system and to strengthen services to troubled…

This paper presents a progress report from a research program aimed at elucidating communication problems which arise among citizens and government agencies during the development of regional environmental policy. The eventual objective of the program is to develop a paradigm for evaluative research in communication that will provide for the…

An effective director of adult basic education (ABE) utilizes the strengths of his staff. Improvement of ABE programs should include careful attention to priorities and local needs. Community cosponsorship agreements are mutually beneficial and an effective means of student recruitment. Scheduling should allow for balance in time, location,…

This document is a description of Follow Through, a research and development program for disadvantaged children of low-income families that fosters projects around the country emphasizing parental and community involvement. The paper indicates that each project must be comprehensive in scope and directly focus on all aspects of child learning and…

Reported are reviews of the Cornell-OEO Project in South Brooklyn by the family assistants--women who lived in the community and worked with the families served. The collection of statements are presented as they were dictated or written. When the statement was in Spanish it was translated to English. These statements of the family assistants…

Five objectives of any comprehensive Community Services program are to: (1) provide educational services for all age and occupational groups, utilizing the skills and knowledge of college staff and outside experts, (2) take educational, cultural, and recreational activities to the total community, (3) become a center of community life, (4) provide…

The use of volunteer workers in the school system is an educational improvement at low cost. Volunteers should be used on a regularly scheduled basis for specific duties and projects, depending on school needs and the availability and capabilities of the volunteer. The purposes of a volunteer program are to increase student motivation, to assist…

A non-profit corporation, called the Santa Cruz Community Service Television Project (S.C.C.S.T.P.), is proposed that would produce videotape for the purpose of intra-community communication. The corporation would use portable videotape equipment to record a variety of community programs, such as an ecological history of the Monterey Bay area, the…

Reading is the key to learning. Without basic reading skills, the individual is shut out of society in many ways. Illiteracy lowers his chances of employment, limits his knowledge in politics and current events, and limits his success in school. As all of these things affect the nonreading individual, so does his lack of productivity and lack of…

This report presents methodologies for measuring the anticipated environmental impact of proposed highways at the conceptual, location, and design planning stages. An interdisciplinary team approach is recommended. The research emphasizes the systematic collection and evaluation of data on various types of impacts, including those related to…

This manual is the outgrowth of a workshop sponsored by the National Association of the Deaf in 1969 to develop guidelines on deaf leadership training for community interaction. The manual contains: (1) "A Welcome and a Challenge" by Robert L. Lankenau; (2) "The Critical Need for Leadership" by Don G. Pettingill; (3) "The National Census--A…

This document provides abstracts of papers prepared by the staff of the Manitoba Association of School Trustees for circulation to the trustees. The papers fall into three main categories: staff utilization, policy analyses of administrative and financial matters, and relations between laymen and professionals. Topics of the occasional papers…

The workshop focuses on clarification and planning of how evaluation research can be made useful to policy makers, program designers and analysts, and the day-to-day operators of life support systems in urban affairs. Sections of the book consider the topics: making evaluation research useful; what we expect from evaluation; federal evaluation…

Home Start II of the Waterloo Community Schools, Iowa, is a program that attempts to remedy developmental lag in underprivileged preschool children by a multi-faceted approach. The program is described as to context, activities, staff, distinctive features, and equipment and material. Discussions are given of community involvement, costs, and…