During the decade of the seventies many changes in education will occur which will affect students, teachers, and administrators as well as the curriculum. To review some of the innovative ways selected schools are already changing their programs in an effort to be more relevant, a pilot visit was made by 81 businessmen and educators to five…

This report was prepared to assist school administrators in analyzing and planning their districts' policies and programs in community relations. The contents are based on results of an analysis of information sources on school-community relations, community conflict, and group behavior as well as on a survey of school administrator needs. The…

It has been observed in too many colleges that a public relations or school relations program was supposedly the business of all college personnel and wound up being the business of none. Suggested guidelines for setting up a school relations program on a college campus include: (1) such an office should be headed by a director and placed under a…

Nairobi College, in East Palo Alto, California, is a school concerned with making education relevant to the ghetto community. The school, founded by students, is taught by community members and serves an area that is approximately 80 per cent black. In nine months Nairobi College has enrolled 120 students; 40 instructors offer 25 courses, which…

Factors that produced defeat of bond issues and the actions taken by administrators of four California junior college districts to offset those factors are presented in this paper. Relevant findings from previous studies on school bond elections are summarized; the legal and fiscal context in which new California junior college districts operate…

This publication sets forth information about, and provides some concepts and techniques essential to the initiation of an educational plan. The goals describe the intended product or the direction to be taken. The study of needs and priorities provides guidance about where to start, or where to place major emphasis and resources. Indicators…

This Statement of Goals for Vanier College is comprised of two sections: Section A. A Statement of Goals for Vanier College, and Section B. Appendix. In Section A, the four chapters are: Backgrounder--An introduction to the Statement of Goals; Overview--Broad guidelines, within which the Statement of Goals must be considered; A Statement of…

There is now an enormous communications belt between the academic world and government. The whole thrust of the new direction in federal funding of urban programs is to give people with bad housing and state and local governments with immoveable problems the cash they need to back up their particular priorities in the marketplace. This means…

The needs for the church, particularly the local congregation, to join forces with the community college to exploit it as a resource for doing its own work better, and for the college to make good on its promises on behalf of the common community are discussed. The concern of the church is directed to the actual environment in which students…

Project LECA (Local Environment in III Century America) was designed by Hillsborough Community College as a 10-month series of seminars, forums, speeches, public debate, and other events on environmental concerns that affect the nation, state, and the Tampa Bay Area. In all, 2,380 persons have participated directly in the LECA programs held, which…

The community-based college is both community and learner oriented. It is a cooperator with the community in joint meaningful human endeavors. The Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City will open as a Fourth College of the District, a college without walls. This college will take into account the need for community-based,…

The paper reviews Bowling Green State University's participation in community service activities particularly as it applies to the speech communications departments. Emphasis is placed on the traditional view of community service, the objective of community service, the Bowling Green State University Chicano Program, speech education for community…

The role of the community college today and new programs that it offers are discussed. In its role as a comprehensive, multifaceted institution, the community college not only provides academic education but also attempts to be a "people's college" by providing many services to a wide variety of people, a "servant of the community," and a "center…

This institute report includes principal addresses, invited papers, exemplary student work and descriptions of coursework. Articles in the report include: "Community Services for the Community Colleges of the 70's" by John Lombardi; "Evaluation and Assessment of Community Service Programs" by Paul A. Elsner; "The New Nebraska Law and the Community…

This report summarizes the experiences of existing Follow Through projects in an effort to provide some guidance for communities attempting to establish new Follow Through programs. Problems commonly encountered in setting up project objectives, (choosing a sponsor, recruiting and training staff, establishing laision between project, school,…