Examines the role of the media in establishing a sense of community in the urban milieu and in providing for the individual citizen a new sense of power in being able to effect change." (Author/AA)

The connection between knowing the truth and some version of how men should live has always guided those who would lead the university. Walls around a campus or geographic isolation cannot prevent social pressures from affecting the institution. Colleges and universities have always been politicalized. The danger lies not in that fact but in the…

A report on the pre-conference institute sponsored by the Social Responsibilities Round Table at the ALA Confernce in Detroit. (Author)

The ETF can be distinguished from other citizens' groups because (1) it addresses itself to problemsolving, not just study, analysis, or the advancement of recommendations; (2) it does not merely make recommendations to the Board of Education, but also to the State legislature, State administrative agencies, school districts, police, and courts;…

The role of the teacher has broadened to that of an instructional leader who provides the impetus for quality education. (DM)

Excerpts from speech presented to the Annual Conference of State Legislative Leaders (Honolulu, Hawaii, December, 1968).

The second of a two part series urging community involvement by the college press. (RB)

Discusses the need for university commitment to urban problems; the focus is on the city of Boston, Mass. (DM)

The US higher education system adopted the European pattern of separating the university from the city. This pattern has changed somewhat in the last few decades, when new universities or branches of older ones have appeared in the metropolis. But frequently these institutions are unconcerned with finding ways to contribute toward improving urban…

In October 1966 the Ford Foundation established a $10 million line of credit to encourage and assist Columbia University in committing a greater share of its resources and energies to urban and minority affairs. In September 1967 the Urban Center was established as an integral part of the University to administer the Ford funds and to increase the…

There is something everyone can do to combat violence. The highest priority is making oneself and one's family safer from violence. Parents should consider carefully about having weapons, especially firearms, in the home, since statistics show that a firearm in the home is more than forty times as likely to injure or kill a family member as to…

The Los Angeles City Schools, following a plan of educational renewal, are experiencing major changes through an ongoing, orderly process called "decentralization." To assess the progress being made, a task force study was undertaken to determine what mid-course corrections might be necessary and what additional information might be…

The Hartford project, an experimental effort to reduce residential burglary, street robberies, and fear of those crimes in an urban residential neighborhood, is described. Its most distinctive feature is its integrative approach in which police, community organization, and physical design changes were used to increase the willingness and ability…

The National PTA Urban Task Force chose to focus on three issues facing urban education: inadequate financing of public education, lack of parental or broad-based community participation in schools, and youth unemployment. The Task Force identified coalition building at local and national levels as the best strategy for helping resolve the…