Stigma and prejudice are barriers to developing policies addressing homelessness. Awareness development, using civic hackathons, may be beneficial in reducing stigma and promoting policy while offering unique training to social work students. The current study explores the feasibility of hosting a university-based homelessness hackathon;…

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is a federal agency that annually engages millions of Americans in service and volunteering at more than 50,000 sites across the country. Senior Corps and AmeriCorps members play a vital role in helping communities design and implement locally determined, results-driven, cost-effective…

Community-based learning (CBL) integrates problem-based service-learning, volunteerism, and experiential learning across a variety of disciplines. The Community-Based Learning Impact Scale is an instrument developed to measure the impact on a liberal arts university campus. Scale items were generated from focus groups, literature, and existing…

Techniques employed in a "Joint University-Community Urban Problem-Solving Course" in promoting discussion among two diverse sets of population are described in this handbook. The course, offered during the Fall 1971 and Spring 1972 semesters at Syracuse University, comprised approximately 30 undergraduates from the university and 30…

This is the second in a series of 3 bulletins dealing with university-community relationships. The first bulletin examined the role of the university in contemporary American life and described some innovative programs in university-community cooperation. This bulletin presents some areas of cooperation between the University of Nebraska and the…

Arguing against the privatization of the humanities, the author describes a project conducted by the Public Program Division of the National Endowment for the Humanities designed to give academic humanists opportunity to meet with people in small towns. The audience participation programs focus on contemporary issues from the perspective of the…

This report contains an inventory of urban programs and courses offered by 11 institutions of higher education in the Washington area. Many of the programs focus on the education and cultural enrichment of the poor and provide basic education for inner-city children, and social, recreational and rehabilitation programs as well as higher education,…

An experience-based learning model is reported that helps intermediate and advanced students make the transition from language to literature courses in the context of real-life situations. In the Santa Clara project, students meet practical needs of underserved Hispanic populations while practicing their language skills. (Contains seven…

Describes the University of Notre Dame's live telecasts on family issues. Indicates that the telecasts, which began in 1988, are cosponsored by local Notre Dame alumni clubs, schools, churches, and service agencies. Describes particular programs and the promotional and information materials developed in conjunction with the programs. Underscores…

A difficult and urgent task facing the university is the formulation of a satisfactory philosophy of public service. Because of the great interdependence between the university and society, it is a notion that cannot be rejected. On the other hand, overcommitment to public service could result in a damaging financial burden, a dwarfing of major…

This yearbook contains 14 essays that address a wide variety of issues that educators, policymakers, and others involved in education are exploring in order to expand the understanding of the burgeoning field of service learning. The following papers are included: "Youth Participation: Integrating Youth into Communities" (Peter…

The Detroit Hearings are an effort at developing an additional method of collaboration between the city and the university. The aim is to develop an environment of collaboration around major areas of concern out of which a wide range of collaborative efforts could develop. It is both a complement and supplement to the traditional methods of…

PAPERS FROM A 1966 CHICAGO SYMPOSIUM OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ON MENTAL DEFICIENCY CONSIDER THE NEED FOR TRAINED PERSONNEL IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINES TO PROVIDE SERVICES, DO RESEARCH, AND TEACH OTHER PERSONNEL. INCLUDED ARE "OUR INTEREST IN MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING" BY WESLEY D. WHITE, "MANPOWER AND TRAINING PROBLEMS AS SEEN BY STATE…

Results are reported of a NSF grant awarded to Wayne State University in 1976 for support of the project entitled "University-Community Consortium." The project included (1) identification of 16 problem areas by the city for which they wanted policy option papers from the consortium; (2) a three-part survey of city-related academic…

The study is a survey of the different kinds of voluntary rural service (service-learning) corps of students from the institutions of higher education in Malaysia. The history, organization, and activities of the service corps are examined, and this type of student social action is viewed with reference to the role of higher education in the…