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…

A review is presented of the first two years of free public access programing on New York City's cable television (CATV) systems. The report provides some background information on franchising, public access to CATV in New York City, and Federal Communications Commission regulations. It also deals with the public access programing developed; it…

Mountain Empire Community College has a commitment to preserve, learn, and teach the heritage of mountain folk. Community participation by those who can teach the heritage of the area is a part of the implementation of this commitment. Some of the older people in the MECC service area either take the course work in folklife or come to the classes…

This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of the 1971 Newark ESEA Title I program that extended the regular school year reading program into the summer months for 19,391 pupils in grades K-12. The instructional activities encompassed remedial and developmental reading, development of language arts skills, and implementation…

In a discussion of the problems of American Indian education in the United States, the U.S. Commissioner of Education points out that inadequacies of the present public educational system have resulted in a deplorable situation for the First Americans. Of concern is the need for development of a multilingual, cross-cultural approach to teaching in…

This is the report of a project executed to assist in developing research policies on urban education. Data was gathered from several large cities, but detailed reports are included from Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Oakland. Trends in urban education with respect to decentralization and community control are…

Thirteen junior college authorities participated in a series of lectures presented at Santa Fe Junior College (Florida) during the 1969-70 academic year. The topic, "What is the major challenge facing America's junior colleges in the 1970's" evoked responses very different in emphasis and detail, but similar in theme. The discussions…

Old style and new style mental hospitals are criticized for not dealing directly with a person's inability to live within his community and relate effectively with significant people. The comprehensive mental health programs, which arose in reaction to the deficits of previous facilities and treatment, are viewed as frequently following a similar,…

In this publication, written for use in guiding community recreation and park systems, the following topics are discussed: why parks and recreational facilities should be developed, the need for governmental participation, and park-system development. Additionally, neighborhood parks, playlots, community parks, city-wide parks, regional parks and…

To provide vocational educators with reliable information about the handicapped and suggestions for implementing services according to the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, ideas were developed during a 2-day national conference attended by 200 educators and rehabilitation specialists, and were refined during nine regional clinics. Using…

Described is an innovative program designed for rehabilitating American Indian adolescents who have committed legal offenses. As stated, goals of the program are to improve work habits, social behaviors, vocational and academic skills, leisure skills, responsibility for self, attitudes, and community participation using a system of promotion…

This is a report of the final year of a 3-year project to develop a sequential early childhood education program to meet the unique needs of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old migrant Mexican American children. The bilingual program's major components are instructional materials, staff development, and parent-school-community involvement. Ninety children…

American Indian Education has been built upon the premise that the Indian had a great deal to learn from the white man and that the white man represented the highest level of achievement that mankind had reached in the evolutionary process. Education is supposed to teach the Indian respect for law and order while he watches the law being violated…