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Howell, Robert E.; Cook, Annabel Kirschner – 1978
The comparative impact of 2 intensive rural leadership development programs on male and female participants in Montana and Pennsylvania was examined. One goal of the one to three year programs (to increase the participants' involvement in public affairs organization) was tested by analysis of pre- and posttest data regarding participants…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Community Services
Pinkau, Irene – 1978
To evaluate the current societal role of voluntary and/or obligatory development services and their potential both at home and for global cooperative relationships, data from field surveys, institutional inventories, and individual interviews were analyzed from both developed and developing countries to classify major development service types,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Howell, Robert E.; Weir, Ivan L. – 1978
Intensive leadership development programs in Pennsylvania, Michigan California, and Montana positively affected the participation of program graduates in public affairs organizations. The programs, begun in 1965, and designed to prepare young men and women from rural areas for more effective leadership in agricultural and public affairs, consisted…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Community Services
Pinkau, Irene – 1978
Thirty development services in 14 countries were examined to evaluate the role and effectiveness of development services in furthering education, employment, and citizen participation in community and national development, to ask what foreign assistance had been provided to domestic development services in developing countries and what had been…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Pinkau, Irene – 1979
The scope of Western development service organizations includes acting as employment organizations assuring work experience; educational organizations building skills and knowledge; and nonelitist participatory organizations promoting citizen involvement. The organizations provide the following general kinds of services: (1) training and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Citizen Participation, Community Development
Download full textGrossman, Jean Baldwin; Furano, Kathryn – 2002
An examination of hundreds of studies on the use of volunteers in mentoring programs, service programs, and local community change initiatives highlight the importance of screening, training, and volunteer management. Each year, more than 90 million Americans contribute more than 20 billion volunteer hours. Personal benefits of volunteering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Churches, Citizen Participation
