Considered a number of factors which operate across any type of change endeavor at any level which ultimately influence the success of an innovative effort. In this case these factors are the level of public and student sentiment. (Author/RK)

The reactions of workshop participants and the interpretations and impressions of the directors of the programs have provided foundations for developing a total community effort to solve the complex problems related to drugs. (Author)

Information is presented on the prevalence and incidence of mental retardation in the general population, on the process of institutionalization, and on recent temporal trends. (Author)

In those communities where the school system extends its power and influence outside the realm of white middle class America, the school and its staff must guard the right of parents/families to shape the content of the education of their children. (Author)

The developmental model of the structure-process system extends an educational context and responsibility to the populations currently defined as mentally retarded. (Author)

This article discusses a process in which people in a community setting offer counsel to one another. (Author)

Strengthening the home front for defending the interiors from enemy attack should become the main purpose of adult education during the national emergency. (Author/ML)

Interagency cooperation at all levels involves material and personnel. Not only must the material be sufficient, but the personnel must be enthusiastic and cooperative. (MF)

Identifies four types of bilingual education programs, those having transitional, monoliterate, partial, or full bilingualism as their objectives, and discusses the importance of societal information in deciding which type of program to establish. (FB)

In the West, the community movement emphasizes grass roots control. In developing countries, however, community movements often reinforce the centralizing tendencies of the emerging nation-states. These third world movements must become independent of plans imposed by national governments, and instead, develop networks of ties with other…

Reviews the increasing separation of contemporary families from the community in terms of alienation. Suggests that the isolation of the nuclear family exerts a pathological influence on the mental health of families and of individual family members. Urges family therapy to exert a significant corrective influence on isolation factors. (Author/JAC)