This report estimates the economic impact of Utah Valley State College (UVSC) on Utah County, Utah, in the 1999-2000 school year, using the Ryan-New Jersey model, a model that estimates economic impact on the local economy by summing the total expenditures of the college, employees, and students. UVSC is a state college composed of two…

This conference focuses on one of the most problematic effects of limited emotional competency--violence. It reflects an awareness that violence requires the involvement of multiple participants from various perspectives. With the collaboration of those who deal with violence in some manner (e.g., educators, police and law enforcers, mental health…

Urges a greater use of communications media by the foreign language profession in their attempt to improve their public "imag." (RL)

A telephone survey process entitled, Redesign'', has been developed in Greece, New York, that enables the school district to gain a statistically valid sampling of the community of 70,000 people in a 2-hour block of time. (Author/MF)

Article seeks to analyze from a personal viewpoint, some of the problems in relationship between a large University and a small community, and also studies the effect of a student population on the cultural ethos of local cinemas. (Editor)

Parent Visitation Night'' is a new approach to the Open House that overcomes the resistance of parental visitation and guarantees successful and meaningful community involvement in the schools. (Author)

The author proposes that we can no longer tolerate colleges that isolate themselves from the communities in which they are situated, but must create colleges that will work for community renewal in all its forms, that will become intimately identified with the surrounding communities. (AN)

Argues that notwithstanding their failures and inadequacies, the public schools continue to create the common thread of our social fabric and that we cannot, therefore, afford to be deschooled. (JF)

An instance in which a school issue was tried in the press is described. (DB)

Includes 9 articles: Cultural Changes and Leisure Time; Leisure and the American Worker; Communication/Interpretation; New Concepts of Leisure Today; The Innocence of Leisure; Charter for Leisure; Retirement as Leisure; The Year Round School and Recreation; The Community School and Recreation. (NQ)