This volume contains nontechnical summaries of six studies related to the requirement for ascertaining community needs by the public broadcasting industry. The six studies include "Issues in Ascertaining the Different Needs of Urban and Rural Community Leaders,""Volunteer Ascertainment Panels,""Ascertainment Collection Methods for the Rural Public…

The Community Video Workshop, a pilot project being undertaken by the Alternate Media Center of New York University's School of the Arts in cooperation with ATC and Berks TV Cable Company, was intended to make cable television facilities available to Berks County. This document consists of a collection of newspaper clippings, letters, memos, and…

More than 20 articles are presented to further clarify some of the controversial questions which have been of interest to cable television (CATV) station operators during the past decade. Issues cover a wide range of subjects--in-depth views on Section 315 and "personal attack" rules, community leader and public surveys, lotteries,…

Most school principals do not find enough time in the school day to perform all the functions various publics and constituents demand of them. This article prescribes a strategy which can produce maximum public relations benefits with minimum expenditure of time, effort and money. (Author/RK)

Continual monitoring of the community is required if community colleges wish to offer meaningful community-based programs. The college must also constantly evaluate the extent to which it achieves its community program objectives. (JDS)

The authors describe an experimental 3-year project of the Thailand Ministry of Education's Nonformal Education Department. The project features decentralization and local participation in the integration of government services to villages. Results indicate that the methods used produce better than average participation and more benefits to…

The public welfare agency is a major influence in rural community life. It is the service delivery mechanism for medical care, cash aid, food stamps, and many other kinds of life-or-death assistance. It is significant in local economies and its employees are influential in communities where well-educated people are scarce. (JHZ)

A committee of business executives and educational leaders list common interests including the possibilities of joint lobbying, influencing students, reduction of welfare and unemployment costs, addressing the problems of minority and disadvantaged students, cooperatively developing human resources, and determining community needs. Options for…

This final report for the JumpStart III program presents a summary of the entrepreneurship training programs developed by each of the four JumpStart III partners selected in March 1997. Grants for the colleges totaled $354,546 over 2 years. The Jumpstart funding has been only a starting point for these and the other 12 Jumpstart partners in…

Individuals who would blow the whistle by making public disclosure of impropriety in their own organizations face choices of public v private good. These dilemmas, along with institutional and professional standards that might ease the way of whistleblowers, are explored. (Author)

Presents a simple public choice model for analyzing the benefits that parents confer on society by providing day care for their children and that public provision of care confers on parents. The collective demand for government day care center spaces is estimated using 1973 data from North Carolina. (Author/KC)

Summarizes the results of a statewide economic impact analysis of Maryland's 17 community colleges which revealed that expenditures had positive short-range and long-range impacts on the state economy in the areas of business, general employment, and increased student earning potential. Presents suggestions for conducting impact studies. (MB)

Evaluates the ongoing annual economic impact of South Carolina State College on the local Orangeburg community through statistical analysis of faculty, staff, and local business surveys; a geographic analysis of college expenditures; and a Keynesian analysis of the indirect effects of college expenditures. (FMW)

Discusses the need for quality child care in schools. Topics include the meaning of "good quality"; the child as part of the family; the school of the 21st century; reasons for child care in school; benefits to schools and communities; and school-linked child care as a way of life. (AEF)

In Rankin Inlet, a remote Innuit community in the Canadian Arctic, an elementary school/business partnership has provided every citizen with access to the latest Internet-related technologies. Students at the Igalaaq Centre have their own e-mail accounts and Web pages, and use technology to record and share information about Innuit culture and…