Geographers can extend beyond their discipline into a wider community by offering answers to questions posed by the public and by communicating the knowledge geography offers. Public questions with which geographers can be most helpful are those that seek to determine flows of the settlement system and geographic processes that alter the system:…

In December 1980, the formation of a Lay Committee for the Humanities was proposed to the Board of Trustees of the San Diego Community College District. The Advisory Committee, to be composed of individuals of stature in the community who are practitioners or devotees of the humanities, and faculty and administrators from the District, would…

Author makes an argument for the involvement of potential users in the planning of new school buildings, noting that such collaboration will result not only in better buildings but also in a more responsive educational program. (Editor/RK)

Examines several distinct strategies for enhancing school productivity; identifies major barriers which militate against each strategy; and evaluates prospects for improvements in productivity. (Author/JF)

The problems of textbook selection and related social and political issues are presented from the point of view of an involved school administrator. (DW)

The president of the British Columbia Teachers Federation, reporting to the annual meeting, discusses the interdependence of school and society and urges teachers to take an active part in social reform through political action. (JH)

Canadian schools, the author claims, will remain cultural deserts as long as curricula do not reflect Canada's multicultural character. (Editor)

Successful college public relations begins with a public relations advisory committee which serves as a listening post, an idea source, an evaluation unit, and an accountability advisor. (Author/PG)

By using the example of a community ecology project, the author examines the value of experience in education. A good educator provides a framework for examining experience that enhances it - allows experience to be assimilated, contrasted, evaluated, and integrated. (Author/PG)

Describes how school districts with even a modest budget can improve their public relations by giving someone in the district the responsibility to act as a liaison between the school district and the news media. (Author/DN)

Describes the broad role of public relations in institutions of higher education; the need for a public relations leadership; the responsibility of colleges and universities to their publics; and prospects for achieving this kind of communication. (Author/PG)

Discusses the need for active citizen involvement and support for community education programs and offers recommendations on how program administrators can improve their communication and public relations skills. (JG)