This document describes changes in the traditional methods of supervising student teachers. These changes are based on curricular innovations in schools and universities and the reallocation of currently available resources. Major changes include the employment of a Coordinator of Education Field Experiences whose primary responsibility lies in…

This report is the last in a series of four quarterly progress reports covering Phase III of the University-Urban Interface Program. Its content is concentrated on events and research activities in the five priority areas during the period April-June, 1972. An introductory section briefly redefines these areas: 1) minority and community services;…

This document reviews the University of Pittsburgh Community Long-Range Goals project carried out in 1970-72. Emphasis is placed on introductory material and developmental history, immediate preceding events in the University, perspectives on the process, participation at the forums, notes of participant observers, questionnaire follow-up for goal…

This document presents the procedures used, the results of, and recommendations concerning a study designed to determine the impact of the University of Pittsburgh on the local economy. Findings include the following expenditures by faculty, staff and students in the Pittsburgh area: (1) Colleges related local business volume--$177.3 million; (2)…

This document presents a comprehensive evaluation of Title I of the 1965 Higher Education Act in California whose purpose centered around community problem solving and strengthening of community service programs of colleges and universities. Also, the Act provided for continuing educational programs for adults in urban environments, cooperative…

Because the community college is young, unencumbered by years of tradition, and clearly on the front line of educational reform, it has a unique opportunity to assume a leadership role in a number of ways. First, the 2-year institutions should initiate a more intensive dialogue with senior colleges and universities with regard to the transfer of…

This report discusses the role and function of pressure groups with regard to policy formation and implementation in Australian education. It is addressed to the scholar interested in gaining further insight into the structure and operation of the political and educational systems, as well as to those engaged or involved in the whole educational…

The goal of the communications project is to explore systematically the perceptions of the University of Pittsburgh held by a variety of relevant publics, to analyze the discrepancies between each of those perceptions and what a university really is and can do, and then to communicate to each of those publics a more realistic and accurate…

RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) is one program of ACTION--The Agency for Volunteer Service. ACTION, created in 1971, is a Federal agency which administers a number of volunteer programs. Its purpose is to provide a recognized role in the community and a meaningful life in retirement for older adults through significant volunteer service.…

More than 30 industry heavyweights from the computer user community, met to discuss the need for an improved flow of information between colleges and employers. (Author)

The traditional use of public school facilities is examined in terms of declining enrollment, unused classrooms, and potential community utilization of the space. (LH)

Key communicators--community members who come in contact with many people and who are informal information sources--can be used by the schools as sources of feedback from the community and as information disseminators. (DS)

Good communications within the United States Dependents Schools, European Area (USDESEA), are difficult to maintain, since USDESEA covers such a huge geographic area. To strengthen the relationship with Americans served by USDESEA, its director instigated a community involvement program designed to increase parental participation in the school…

Basic recommendations for the principal attempting to establish productive community relationships. (Author/MLF)

The purposes of the Wyoming Human Services Project are delivery of human services, determination of how best to train and use human service personnel, and development of suggestions and guidelines for other rapidly growing communities about how to deliver human services most effectively. (Author/KR)