Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (53d, San Francisco, February 28 - March 5, 1969).

Revision of paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (Boston, 1968).

The Pro/Con Campus Debate and Community Forum program at The Ohio State University serves the educational mission of the department of communication and contributes to the intellectual life of the student body and the larger community by emphasizing the needs of the audience. Eschewing jargon and rhetorical tricks, the program encourages the…

This handbook is a systematic guide for planning and implementing a program of depth interviews either as part of a school's community relations program or as an effort in policy analysis. It includes all necessary information for understanding the advantages and disadvantages of depth interviews, for preliminary planning and preparation, for…

High school journalists are beginning to look beyond the restrictions of reporting the news of the campus to the larger responsibility of reporting the news of the community. Such a functional approach to news gathering can help school journalists to see the relationship between their school and the community and to discover that learning how to…

THE AUTHOR DEFINES PUBLIC RELATIONS AND DESCRIBES ITS RECIPROCAL VALUE TO THE COLLEGE AND ITS "PUBLICS." THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, WHETHER STAFFED BY FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL OR BY OUTSIDE EXPERTS, MUST BE ABLE (1) ASSEMBLE ITS FACTS ON (A) THE COLLEGE GOALS, (B) AREAS OF PUBLIC IGNORANCE, (C) JUSTIFIED CRITICISM, AND (D)…

FROM A STUDY OF 99 JUNIOR COLLEGES, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES FOUR MAJOR PROGRAM OBJECTIVES OF COMMUNITY SERVICES--(1) TO MAKE THE COLLEGE A CENTER OF COMMUNITY LIFE THROUGH USE OF ITS FACILITIES BY COMMUNITY GROUPS, (2) TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO ASSIST IN THE SOLUTION OF COMMUNITY PROBLEMS, (3) TO PROMOTE THE…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS HANDBOOK IS TO ASSIST EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL IN MAKING THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARDS IN THE ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS. IT CONTAINS INFORMATION ON (1) PROCEDURES FOR FORMING NEW AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARDS OR REORGANIZING OLD ONES INCLUDING WHERE TO START, WHO…

PARENTS' OBJECTIONS TO AUDIOLINGUAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING CAN BE OFFSET BY--(1) INITIAL COMMUNITY DISCUSSION OF THE LANGUAGE TO BE TAUGHT, (2) A PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAM PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT GOALS AND ENCOURAGING PARENTAL INTEREST IN SCHOOL AND LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES, (3) CAREFUL SELECTION OF TEACHERS WITH SUFFICIENT LANGUAGE TRAINING, AND…

IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE EDUCATION FOR CULTURALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN, A CURRICULUM PLANNING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE SET UP, INCLUDING ONE MEMBER FROM EACH DISTRICT OR AREA. AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SPECIALISTS SHOULD COORDINATE WITH THE COMMITTEE. A CURRICULUM COORDINATOR SHOULD BE APPOINTED FOR EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM. THE…

Adopt-A-School programs are models of school-community involvement and cooperation in which businesses, organizations, and industries adopt schools and contribute funds, personnel, or expertise to those schools for programs, projects, and services. This bulletin highlights the Adopt-A-School program in the Oakland (California) Unified School…

In this introductory discussion to a collection of conference papers on urban education, the aims of the conference and the themes of individual papers presented are outlined. The importance of cooperation between the urban community, businesses, and agencies, on the one hand, and urban educational institutions, on the other, is stressed. (GC)