This report is the second of a 3-volume study on the role of college-community relationships in higher education. The text summarizes the results of the Federal City College Survey, which was 1 part of the research effort. The purpose of the survey was to obtain information from people intimately involved or affected by the College concerning what…

This report of the University of South Florida Consulting Team to the Tampa Model Cities Agency focuses on the desperate need for better education for Tampa citizens. Traditional structuring of curricula is rejected and the provision of choices for selection of learning experiences by the learner is proposed. The burden of responsibility is placed…

This report contends that the preliminary negative evaluation of the Rough Rock Demonstration School (RRDS) was due more to the investigators' culture shock than the actual situation. RRDS, an experimental school, is unusual in that is administered mainly by Navajos. Thus the appearance of this school, which offers a bilingual and bicultural…

Discussed are some decision-making influences on the attitudes of New York City parents toward school decentralization. The Mass Media Committee of the Center for Urban Education maintains a representative panel of parents from whom information about communication experiences and responses to educational issues can be gathered. Telephone…

Presentations included in this collection are: (1) "Vocational Education for the Disadvantaged: Lessons from Government Funded Programs," by Garth L. Mangum, (2) "Curriculum Adaptations," by Frances S. McDonough, (3) "Case Study: Newark Manpower Training Skills Center," by George R. Quarles, (4) "The Development…

The articles contained in this pamphlet are presented to give educators and interested parents a frame of reference toward an important new curriculum area, family life and sex education. Sex education must be looked at from a multi-dimensional approach. Chapter One centers on the building of objectives for a program in sex education. These…

This annual amendment to a Federally funded Massachusetts state plan for community service and continuing higher education concentrates on the improvement of local government. Suggested means include cluster committees for each of four key problem areas (environmental control, health and welfare, economic opportunity, education); development of…

This book is divided into four chapters. The first examines the concepts and issues related to understanding social systems and how the schools can be viewed as a social system. The differences between centralization and decentralization, as well as systems-analysis and management-control approaches are also explored. In the next chapter, we are…

What happens to education in the next 10 to 20 years will directly relate to the degree that principals accept the role of community leader. Public education in America's cities, suburbs, and even rural areas is crying for initiative innovation, and progress. The community school principal can become the man of the hour, but only if he sees the…

The evolvement of the community college in Saskatchewan is discussed. The college concept, which is embodied in seven principles, is essentially one of a communtiy college in which the community is the campus--the "college" exists wherever its programs are offered. Existing school and community facilities are utilized. In the first year…

The Oregon State Plan for Migrant Education consists of 4 components: the district project programs providing direct services to migrant children; the Migrant Education Service Center; the Eastern Oregon College Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program; and project supervision. During fiscal year 1970, 4,293 students in 16 regular and 11 summer…

The document discusses making Appalachian history, especially north Georgia, an integral part of American history in grade 11. Course objectives are to: (1) present current historical and cultural facts on Appalachia; (2) encourage students to explore and examine their cultural background; (3) understand the causative and sequential relationships…

This paper describes Project Alma, a cooperative effort between Georgia Southern College and Bacon County Schools that resulted in a field-based graduate teacher training program with a mandate to bring about new programs, approaches, and system renewal through teacher education. Project objectives are to: (a) design a field-based master's degree…

This report is divided into two parts. It is an effort by individuals in Columbus, Ohio to inform and aid citizens interested in knowing more about cable television and how to use it. The first half offers factual information, the experience of other communities using cable, the laws governing cable and comments on issues facing the community. The…

Recognizing the need for a health manpower planning system that would insure the recruitment, training, utilization, and retention of area residents as skilled providers of health care, Comprehensive Health Planning, Inc., Metropolitan Chicago (CHP), and the West Side Health Planning Organization (WSHPO) embarked on a 1-year project to demonstrate…