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Download full textPasque, Penny A., Ed.; Smerek, Ryan E., Ed.; Dwyer, Brighid, Ed.; Bowman, Nick, Ed.; Mallory, Bruce L., Ed. – National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (NJ1), 2005
Individually and collectively, institutions of higher education possess considerable resources--human, fiscal, organizational, and intellectual--which are critical to addressing significant social issues. Additionally, these institutions are physically rooted in their communities. Therefore, investing in the betterment of their immediate…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation, Consortia, Partnerships in Education
Texas Advisory Council for Technical - Vocational Education, Austin. – 1979
Proceedings are presented of twenty public hearings conducted by the advisory council for technical-vocational education in Texas. The objectives of the hearings were to provide an opportunity for citizens to give input as to needs, assessment of resources, and dialogue regarding technical-vocational, adult, and manpower programs. The first three…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Hearings, Program Effectiveness
Ledesma, Antonio L., Ed.; Ledesma, Angelita Y., Ed. – 1980
A collection of papers, from the Centre for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (CENDHRRA) Evaluation Seminar (1980) in Bandungan, Central Java, provides guidelines for evaluation of rural development projects of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The first part of the report contains a summary of group discussions on different…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Health Services, Community Involvement
International Union of Architects, Paris (France). – 1989
This collection was gathered from a seminar entitled "Education and Leisure in North European Urban Spaces," which was the result of cooperation between the Sports, Leisure, and Tourism Work Group of the International Union of Architects and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Papers were given…
Descriptors: Athletics, Community Development, Community Resources, Economically Disadvantaged
Howard, Roy E. – 1985
Proceedings of a Navajo Bilingual Education Conference held April 26 and 27, 1985, are summarized in this report which focuses on the implementation of Navajo language and cultural education at the Dzlith Na O Dith Hle Community School (DCS). The paper begins by stating that the conference was intended to assist educators in understanding and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers
Pasque, Penny A., Ed.; Hendricks, Lori A., Ed.; Bowman, Nicholas A., Ed. – National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (NJ1), 2006
The Wingspread Conference Series (2003-2005), "Strategies to Strengthen the Relationship between Higher Education and Society", brought together scholars, institutional and national leaders, community activists, and graduate and undergraduate students to examine the current and evolving relationships between higher education and society. The goals…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Higher Education, Equal Education, Social Responsibility
St. Petersburg Junior College Educational Program Abstracts, 1990
St. Petersburg Junior College's (SPJC's) College for Kids program was initiated in fall 1981. Over the years, the program evolved from an afterschool program for gifted students into a summer program suitable for all students from ages 6 through 12. The program operates between 8:30 in the morning and 2:30 in the afternoon for 9 or 10 weeks, with…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Elementary School Students, Extended School Day, Parent Attitudes
Wayson, W. W.; And Others – 1986
Recent polls and research studies have documented the decline in public confidence in the nation's public schools. In late 1982, Phi Delta Kappa created the PDK Commission on Public Confidence in Education to (1) identify schools and districts with positive public confidence, (2) determine basic transferable characteristics, and (3) develop…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutions, Parent Attitudes
Wattenberg, Esther, Ed.; Pearson, Yvonne, Ed. – 1996
For more than a decade there has been great interest in educational circles about school-linked services ways by which children can receive the full range of social services they need to enter their classrooms ready to learn and parents can get the help they need to support their children's development. This publication presents summaries of the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Romo, Harriet D., Ed. – 1990
This symposium investigates the condition of urban Latinos and Blacks two decades after reports by the Kerner, Eisenhower, and Katzenbach commissions recommended sweeping reforms in urban policy. Twenty-nine researchers, politicians, and policymakers analyze the condition of the urban poor and the role of minorities in forming policies. The…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic Americans
Perin, Dolores; Katz, David – 1987
A description is presented of the activities and outcomes of a project designed to provide training that would enhance the efforts of remedial educators to serve learning disabled students on campus. Introductory sections provide background on the increase of learning disabilities at community colleges, review the evidence of the need for the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities
Wattenberg, Esther, Ed. – 1995
This collection of papers is drawn from a conference dedicated to children suffering from the harm associated with being born to neglecting families, a circumstance that has emerged as the most challenging phenomenon for the child welfare system. Papers consider the dimensions of the problem, treatment models, policy considerations, and recent…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Small, Rural and Effective: A Study of Secondary Schools. Warwick Papers on Education Policy, No. 1.
Tomlinson, J. R. G.; Mortimore, Peter – 1992
Amidst controversy over proposed school closings, Hereford and Worcester (England) local education authorities (LEA) asked for an evaluation of the effectiveness of six small rural "comprehensive" secondary schools (180-450 students) and their importance to surrounding communities. Data were collected on student achievement; teacher and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Institutional Evaluation
World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession, Morges (Switzerland). – 1980
The changing patterns of Caribbean society have affected and will continue to influence the concept of professionalism as it is applied to teaching. Teachers' organizations should promote the professional development of their members, as implied through acceptance of standards of personal conduct, competence on the job, and commitment to student…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1994
This document contains information about the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's six initiatives and comments from participants at the annual Policy Seminar, sponsored jointly by the department and the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), July 11-13, 1994. The document contains the participants' comments regarding the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Early Intervention, Education Work Relationship, Educational Equity (Finance)
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