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Youngren, Tom; And Others – 1987
A description is provided of Elgin Community College's (ECC's) effort to involve community leaders in environmental scanning. Introductory comments explain the use of a community forum to bring 252 local leaders to the campus to start off a year-long planning activity by developing a database of information on economic and social trends. After…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Community Leaders
Fenstemacher, William P. – Association for Institutional Research, 1982
The way that institutional research directors manage their professional development and career paths was assessed, based on a survey of Association for Institutional Research members. Those contacted had been identified as successful persons in the field who had actively participated in the advancement of institutional research by contributing to…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Career Ladders, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Miller, Hubert J. – 1977
Due to his dissatisfaction with the Diaz government, Jose Vasconcelos joined the revolutionary leader Francisco Madero, who along with other rebel leaders, brought an end to the Diaz regime in 1911. Vasconcelos shared the successes and misfortunes that followed Diaz's overthrow. When the Madero government came to an abrupt end in 1913, Vasconcelos…
Descriptors: Biographies, Community Leaders, Cultural Interrelationships, Culture Conflict
Murk, Peter J.; Fallon, John A., III – 1984
The Muncie, Indiana Academy for Community Leadership (founded in February 1976) seeks to inform, instruct, and involve promising young leaders in the study of the anatomy of a community and its component parts in order to meet the demand for informed, motivated leaders to serve as members of various community committees, task forces, and boards.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Leaders, Community Resources
Cavanaugh, John – Education Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1973
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Dropouts
Sapp, Stephen G.; Korsching, Peter F. – 1978
Presenting a methodological statement for a study of quality of life variability in rural development, this paper is based upon a dimension of expansive/nonexpansive ideology of community leaders. The three hypotheses to be tested state that among communities: the greater the social organization for development among nonexpansive leaders, the…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Leaders, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors
Adams, Kay A.; And Others – 1977
This guide is one of twelve documents describing the Career Planning Support System (CPSS) and its use. (CPSS is a comprehensive guidance program management system designed to provide information for local high schools to design, implement, and evaluate an upgraded career guidance program. CPSS describes how existing activities can be brought into…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Career Guidance
Williams, R. Gary; Knop, Edward – 1981
Using factor analysis (both principal factor solutions and rotated factor solutions) to search for underlying statistical commonality among 12 indicators of community satisfaction in 6 Colorado communities, the research explores various dimensions of community satisfaction that may be important across different communities. The communities under…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Leaders, Community Satisfaction, Community Services
Pla, Myrna; Toro, Leonor – 1982
Written in Spanish, this booklet contains brief information on 10 July events celebrated by Puerto Ricans: United States Declaration of Independence; the birthdays of P.T. Barnum, Elias Howe, John Quincy Adams, Luis Munoz Rivera, and Simon Bolivar; Marisol Malaret (first puerto Rican to be "Miss Universe"); Puerto Rican Constitution; Las…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Elementary Education
Michigan Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, Detroit. – 1975
In 1974 and in 1975 the Michigan Southeast Regional Ethnic Heritage Studies Center conducted teacher training workshops as part of a federally funded ethnic studies project. This handbook describes the workshops. The purpose of the training program was to increase self-awareness, awareness of the multi-cultural community, and awareness of local…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Zemlo, John S.; Belcher, Marcia J. – 1978
Major goals of this project were to determine the process leadership competencies needed by rural community education leaders; to assess the training opportunities available to community education leaders in the southern U.S.; and to develop a model curriculum for acquisition of identified process leadership skills. Current and relevant findings…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Community Development, Community Education, Community Leaders
May, Harold J.; And Others – 1980
This guide presents a program for group counseling with foster parents who have had preservice training and an orientation to agency procedures. The program consists of six group sessions, each with its own objectives, thematic content, and methods. Counseling methods include group discussion, guided fantasy, and role playing. Thematically, the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Child Development, Counseling Techniques
ENGLISH, JAMES F., JR.; JUDD, HARLAN C. – 1967
RECOGNIZING THEIR FINANCIAL STAKE IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY, HARTFORD BUSINESS LEADERS THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO REMEDY THE SOCIAL ILLS ENDEMIC TO THE CENTRAL AREAS OF THE CITY. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE RESULTED FROM A GROWING EXODUS OF WHITE PERSONS FROM CITY TO SUBURBAN AREAS AND A…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Business Responsibility, Community Cooperation, Community Leaders
OSBURN, MORRIS
TEACHERS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM TWO ILLINOIS SCHOOL DISTRICTS PARTICIPATED IN EIGHT 5-HOUR TRAINING SESSIONS TO RECOMMEND SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS WHICH HAD ARISEN FROM RECENT CLASSROOM DESEGREGATION. THEY INVESTIGATED THE EFFECT OF DESEGREGATION ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, AND SCHOOL PRACTICES, AND…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Community Leaders, Educational Programs
APPS, JEROLD W. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE FACTORS RELATED TO THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF VOLUNTEER ADULT LEADERS FOR WORK WITH LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC RURAL YOUTH IN UNIVERSITY EXTENSION YOUTH PROGRAMS. SPECIFICALLY, THE STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH COMPARING RURAL YOUTH OF DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUSES AS TO THEIR PERCEPTION OF PERSONAL…
Descriptors: Adults, Doctoral Dissertations, Extension Education, Individual Characteristics
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