This book presents case studies of eight institutions and their efforts to work with urban communities. The schools are the University of Chicago; Southern Illinois University; University of California, Los Angeles; Our Lady of the Lake; Morgan State; Northeastern University; Columbia; and Wayne State. The volume is a practical description of…

Year-round programs allow students to enter and progress through school at their own pace, eliminate the long 3-month forgetting period, cut down on the number and duration of failures, reduce students' summer boredom, multiply students' job opportunities, and enhance the holding power of schools at the secondary level. These programs also make it…

This document outlines an in-service teacher education program designed by Southern Illinois University (SIU) to benefit the first-year teacher. The following specific objectives of the project are reported: a) to provide first-year teachers with on-location, individualized assistance; b) to help teachers identify and investigate problems of…

The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATs) of Canada are discussed under the following chapter headings: I. The Post Secondary Institution in Its Community--the CAATs; II. Responsibility of the Colleges for Adult Education; III. Some Student Concerns; IV. Some Services to Students; V. Professional Staff Development; VI. Professional…

This report presents findings of a study of the learning environment and community relationship of 15 Ontario, Canada community colleges. The findings are discussed under the headings of Geography; Major Orientation--Vocation or Community; Concern for Community; Special Publics and Special Programs; Media; The College as a Learning Institution in…

This program offers a college curriculum of specially tailored courses and consultative aids for teachers in the local school system in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The plan was developed permitting teachers to contract with the University, individually or in groups, for specific projects dealing with problems in the local school system. Course credit…

This search of the ERIC system, the Dissertation Abstracts, and the journal literature offers abstracts of 28 documents dealing with ways in which the profession can involve the community, thereby creating a more favorable counselor image on the part of the public. (CJ)

PROJECT 120 ASSISTS SPECIAL SERVICE SCHOOLS IN RECRUITING AND HOLDING TEACHERS, TRAINS TEACHERS TO WORK IN URBAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DISADVANTAGED, AND EXPLORES FACTORS THAT WILL IMPROVE TEACHER EDUCATION FOR URBAN SCHOOLS. THE SPECIAL PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED TO UNDERGRADUATES WHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR STUDENT TEACHING. IN ADDITION TO CONVENTIONAL…

Educational reforms in higher education since the Cultural Revolution are described. (DE)

School districts with experience in school closing emphasize the need for long-range planning and community involvement. (IRT)

The concept of community use of school buildings is being carried out in a high school designed to also function as a community facility. (Author/MLF)

Highlights of a number of presentations by members of the National School Public Relations Association on communication topics. (MLF)

A satirical portrait of a hypothetical community college which "responds to the needs of the community in innovative ways." (DC)

In this program, schools and businesses are paired and coordinators from the school system and business pinpoint areas in which business can aid the individual school. (Author/IRT)

Teachers, professional health educators, curriculum specialists, and representatives of community health agencies working as a team can produce an effective school health program and develop a sound school health curriculum. (JD)