Methods of the Unesco Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program inhibit the integration of natural and social sciences. The systems analysis and modeling used by MAB employ little of social science theory. The program must be committed to disciplinary integration and involve local people in projects. (KC)

Integration of the natural and social sciences occurs when scientists in each discipline have a knowledge of the other discipline. Research must strive for integrated conceptual and operational frameworks, develop objectives agreed upon by all participants, and include planners, decision makers, and local population. (KC)

Provides a definition of policy and a general overview of the steps to be considered in shaping policy. Discusses change strategies and gives an example of policy formation: the work of Manitoba's Community Maternal and Child Health Task Force. (Canadian Home Economics Association, 151 Slater Street, Suite 805, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5H3.) (SK)

Summarizes some of the uses that local Private Industry Councils (PICs) have found for their employment generating resources from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Includes suggestions on how local leaders can involve PICs in the solution of employment and development problems. (SK)

Presents some considerations that can serve as a frame of reference for the planning of career education programs and activities. Describes the following models: service provider, service delivery, partnership, community coordination, integration, and community development. (SK)

Designing a workable marketing plan for career education programs requires needs assessment, goal setting, formulation of strategies, implementation, and evaluation. (SK)

Presents the Indiana Wilderness Challenge, which is a program committed to coordinating the strengths of every possible community effort in helping troubled young people face the struggle of moving from childhood into the adult world. The primary focus is prevention of institutionalization and involvement in the juvenile justice system. (CT)

Jane Addams, founder of Hull House and proponent of cultural and physical recreation programs, contributed greatly to current recreation and leisure time programs. Her contributions include: (1) a view that recreation programs could organize and structure social life; (2) a recreation philosophy that proposed to unite urbanites and to express…

Describes the SOS (Sharing Our Selves) learning Network, which is a made-for-extension system of community learning. Elements of the network are discussed: (1) community learning and development activities, (2) community resource index, and (3) cost effectiveness. (CT)

Describes several administrative-community alternatives for governing metropolitan schools: (1) administrative decentralization, (2) community participation, and (3) community control. (CT)

Examines trends in participatory research and the need for clarification of it as a process of "disindoctrination" to the status quo and a means of bringing about the structural transformation of society. Issues of popular organization and strategies for increasing viability are discussed. (SK)

In separate articles, the authors urge administrators to carefully consider what is essential to education before making budget cuts. Both articles are speeches delivered at the 1981 American Association of School Administrators convention in Atlanta. (Editor/SJL)

Outlines a classroom program for energy education at the elementary and secondary school levels. Presents methods for initiating and implementing the program and suggests activities. Students investigate what energy investments each community has in each basic requirement for living in the community. (Author/KC)

Describes the role of the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, Indiana, in the development of a Community Access Channel through a local cable television (CATV) franchise. The services offered on the channel, the resources required, and the potential of the channel as a community communications resource are outlined. (JL)

Four administrators, representing three institutions, report on the growth and development of communication departments on their campuses. (PD)