This booklet is a compendium of those individuals identified as experts in human relations who can, as consultants, assist school boards, superintendents, community college trustees, and school presidents in numerous aspects of human relations and minority affairs. Accompanying the name of each person listed is a brief description of her or his…

Based on the situation that even the experimental institutions of higher and adult education are still largely closed to disadvantaged groups, this document projects the College of Human Services as a prototype of extending educational and economic opportunity to the poor by training them for paraprofessional jobs in the human services. It traces…

Reported is the progress of a vocational rehabilitation program for severely disabled students at the University of California, Berkeley. The Cowell Hospital Project provides housing and special assistance for quadriplegics with an especially favorable academic prognosis. The report summarizes the project's funding, type of clients, admission…

This monograph is the sixth in a series summarizing the work progress of the Human Services Manpower Career Center, a special research and development project funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. This report describes the human services generalist series of twelve steps of which four represent varying levels of entry position. The model…

Guidelines are offered in this second information memorandum for an in progress study on how projections for the future might affect the quality of life in the United States. Examining other future oriented studies, articles, and research documents, six projections are reviewed which indicate that the U. S. will be crowded, urbanized, mobile,…

To help achieve a more dispersed population distribution, it is the strategy of the New Rural Society (NRS) project to address the interdependent rural, urban, and energy problems by solving the rural development problem issue first. People live in large urban areas chiefly because the jobs and essential services are there. Advances in…

This document reports the results of an 18 month demonstration program conducted by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) to show that the community college is uniquely suited as a resource for offenders. Pilot programs were established at three community colleges--Central Piedmont Community College in North Carolina,…

Notes a chasm between cultural and occupational aspirations (for self-realization) and the existing job market. Suggests the opening of a new sector of people work, e.g. services for the very young and very old, urban and community task forces, political participation groups, agencies for intergroup conflict resolution, etc. (JT)

Outlined in this article are efforts and strategies undertaken by the New York Chinatown Planning Council to meet the needs of the Chinese community in New York City. Reference is made to adult education programs, day care services, programs for the elderly, youth service organizations, and housing services. (EB)

An extension of the service role for college student volunteers in nursing homes is advocacy, representing the interests of those unable to obtain their rights. The article describes various student advocacy programs and suggests resources for action on nursing home complaints. (MF)

A program was introduced by the provincial government of Alberta to meet the special needs of children from birth to eight years of age and their parents. The program plan was to coordinate the agencies which provide educational, home based health and resource services to young children and their families. (SE)

Home economists could and should design and manage services for families who must care for handicapped and elderly members, says a home economist with personal knowledge of the need for caretaker survival support. She discusses some of the problems and mentions several specific areas for development. (MF)

The purpose of leisure education for the handicapped is to develop awareness of leisure values and attitudes, social interaction skills, leisure activity skills, and knowledge of leisure resources. (JD)

One of the articles from a special topic issue on adjustment services for the severely handicapped. Topics cover adjustment services for the blind, a historical view of the private and public rehabilitation movements (including federal legislation), and settings, populations, and goals. Concludes that standard systems for providing services have…

The president of the American College Health Association discusses accountability; managerial, fiscal, and human, on the part of college health service departments. (JD)