Describes components of Anytown, a group model designed to promote direct, intergroup contact and to increase racial tolerance among high school students. Examines dynamics of Anytown program: how activities are intended to affect participants' thinking and relationships with others and how direct contact is used to promote favorable human rights…

The impact of the SHRT model on the contemporary helping scene is underscored and verified. The rudiments of the model and its historical antecedents are described and various technical and philosophical issues are identified. (Author)

The Special Friends Program at Kainalu Elementary and Kailua Intermediate Schools uses a slide show to introduce children in regular education to their severely handicapped peers, then structures systematic interactions between the two groups. This interview with the program's founder, Chris Kube, discusses the programs' philosophy, development,…

Human relations services funded under the Emergency School Aid Act were found to have had favorable but generally weak effects on student intergroup relations. Process and impact evaluation should be combined and individual effects should be examined. (Author/CM)

This report summarizes the development of the Metropolitan Planning Project's (MPP) plan to voluntarily eliminate racial and ethnic isolation within the schools of the Boston metropolitan area for the periods July 1973 through June 1974, and October 1974 through September 1975. Included in this summarization are a description of the population…

Existentialism holds both a promise and a threat for education. The author draws on philosophical insights to explain why Buberian Learning Groups in Israel, composed of Arabs and Jews, foundered after Israel invaded Lebanon. (PP)

Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) staff members have participated in Tuesday released time human relations activities for three years to improve the climate of mutual trust and respect among members of the school community, to develop interpersonal communication skills, and to become more sensitive to values and attitudes of others. Using…

The effects of two forms of presentation of the Army Racial Awareness Program (RAP) on the personal values of equality and freedom were assessed. Subjects were Army personnel assigned to RAP at Fort Meade, Md. The research instrument was the Rokeach Value Survey, in pretest-posttest administrations. Results suggested that the official RAP…

This report summarizes the development of the Metropolitan Planning Project's (MPP) plan for the phased elimination of racial and ethnic isolation in the schools of the Boston metropolitan area by voluntary means, covering the period from October 1975 through September 1976. A specific description of the number and characteristics of the…

About 3,000 educators have participated in Educ 521 human relations recertification programs sponsored by the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS). In February 1975, the 755 participants who had processed their recertification forms were mailed a questionnaire to determine overall program effectiveness, differences among programs, and directions for…

The report evaluates a project to stimulate dialog between staff and inmates of a Federal penitentiary and members of a nearby community. The purpose was to bring prison and community people together to begin discussion of crime, punishment, rehabilitation, and recidivism in an atmosphere of informed, reflective thought. Nearly 500 people…

Human relations training, as a method of teaching empathy, is a relatively recent concept in the health care field. To determine the value of human relations training for associate degree nursing students was the objective of this report. Sophomore nursing students were exposed to human relations training, growth group or transactional analysis…

This application for a continuation grant describes the project of the Board of Education of Hoboken, New Jersey, for improving the assimilation of Puerto Rican and foreign born students. This Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, project has included, and hopes to continue, inservice teacher education, community programs, curriculum…

THE ROLE OF SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL-COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (SCIP) IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IS DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT. THE MAJOR FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ON IMPROVING COMMUNICATION SKILLS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS, BUT IT HAS ALSO BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE EMPLOYABILITY OR COLLEGE PLACEMENT OF DISADVANTAGED…

This action research by a management psychologist utilized insights and methodology from the behavioral science to promote planned, positive change in the Navy's criminal justice system. Specifically, the present phase of this ongoing investigation focused upon Marines assigned to five correctional facilities in North Carolina and Southern…