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Direct linkTalbott, Linda Hood – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1976
The community colleges' community services function of providing educational, cultural, and recreational activities has broadened to include direct action in ameliorating social problems. This discussion clarifies the college's role by suggesting some of the distinctions between educational leadership and social welfare, and recommends both…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Action, Community Services, Problem Solving
Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1981
This booklet is a school and community action guide designed to assist local communities in the identification of needs, exploration of alternatives, and implementation and evaluation programs to address issues affecting children and youth. The action guide is presented as a four-step process of: (1) conducting a needs assessment; (2) organizing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Community Action, Local Issues
Fortune, Jim C. – 1972
The previous history of unsystematic practice of educational evaluation has created for the present evaluator a set of problems resulting from a tradition of fear, mistrust, suspicion and disbelief among the educational community. Absences of evidence of critical influence have resulted in the underfunding of evaluation. Common problems faced by…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Action, Decision Making, Educational Problems
Herman, Joan; Bain, Josie – 1989
This document presents a set of ten steps that can be used by a wide range of concerned people to mobilize a community to solve problems connected with the growing population of underachieving minority youth. Step I, "The Initiation," outlines how to develop a coalition to assure a strong foundation for mobilization efforts. Step II,…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Community Action, Community Development, Community Programs
Simulmatics Corp., Cambridge, MA. – 1967
In this evaluation study of Project ENABLE, the basic question was whether low-income parents can be reached by family life education discussion groups. The research involved about 11,600 personal interviews with parents and about 6,200 records of group attendance and service to the parents. A substantial number of low-income parents (median…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Agencies, Attendance, Community Action
Boeren, Ad, Ed.; Kater, Adri, Ed. – 1990
This book documents the experiences that were gathered in project DELSILIFE, Development of a Coordinated Educational Intervention System for Improving the Quality of Life of the Rural Poor through Self-Reliance. The project was carried out by the Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH) for the South-East Asian…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Education
