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Download full textPrager, Karen – Issues in Restructuring Schools, 1993
This "issue report" contains three articles centered around the concept of "social capital", and the role of the schools in community revitalization. "Social captial" consists of organizational networks of communication and shared values that provide collective support for adults and youth in a community. In "Social Capital and the Rebuilding of…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Development, Community Programs, Community Services
Fly, Emerson H.; High, Katherine N. – Business Officer, 1984
The University of Tennessee's management training and development efforts are described. The program is designed to improve the performance of academic and nonacademic department heads (middle managers) and includes an 8-day workshop called the Institute for Leadership Effectiveness. In addition to the attention given to the formation of networks,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Department Heads, Higher Education
McBroom, Elizabeth, Ed. – Social Work Papers, 1981
The nine papers in this collection are directed toward aspects of family treatment in social work practice. Ranging in focus across the life span from infants to older adults and including material about minority group families in America, all of the papers discuss current practices and programs. The first paper discusses primary prevention…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Asian Americans, Child Abuse
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1984
Ways that colleges can supplement a liberal arts program with courses, internships, and advice to bridge the gap between education and work are addressed in an essay and descriptions of college programs. David R. Hiley discusses dilemmas faced by students and the need for faculty to consider career advising as part of their responsibility in the…
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Counseling, College Faculty, College Programs
Baldwin, Barbara, Ed. – Western Wire, 1995
Articles in this theme issue are based on presentations at the Pathways from Poverty Workshop held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 18-25, 1995. The event aimed to foster development of a network to address rural poverty issues in the Western Rural Development Center (WRDC) region. Articles report on outcomes from the Pathways from Poverty…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Capitalism, Change Strategies, Community Development
