The results of a community needs assessment were used as the basis for planning Florida Junior College (FJC) at Jacksonville's community service offerings. FJC's current activities and facilities in the area of community services are described. (NHM)

A discussion of non-formal education examines definitions of informal, formal, and non-formal education; compares non-formal and formal education in terms of objectives, student entry, clientele, curriculum, learning situations; teaching methods and materials, teachers, pupil evaluation, and agencies; and discusses four types of programs deserving…

The design of a coordinated, multi-level technical assistance and training system is crucial to the delivery of manpower services under CETA. A framework for the development of such a system, together with tentative roles and responsibilities for its implementation are presented. (Author)

Institutionalization, as is widely recognized, has undesirable effects on many sexual offenders, and it often increases the likelihood that they will offend again after discharge. The outpatient program described here combines group interaction with behavioral engineering and may indeed represent an effective alternative. (Author)

This article describes a literacy improvement program, designed and implemented by the author. The program involves four interrelated processes: (1) sensitization; (2) diagnosis; (3) individualization; and, (4) evaluation. The author also comments on the role of the counselor in literacy programs. (HMV)

Describes a journalism course which teaches reporting skills for use in arts and entertainment writing. (RB)

Describes a biochemistry program at the University of Lancaster designed to emphasize the need for thinking clearly and persevering through a problem. (GS)

Briefly describes chemistry programs in Burma, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, and Australia. (MLH)

Describes the innovative chemical engineering program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute which stresses project work, individualized programs and instruction, and increased faculty involvement. (MLH)

The program described here is designed to make the University of Maine gymnasium available to part-time students, alumni, and the general public. (DS)

A description of the development and operation of the home-school conferencing program at Frederick Roehm Junior High School in Berea, Ohio. (SJL)

The self-defeating behavior (SDB) theory was applied to veterans who had problems in job training, vocational placement, and academic settings. A group-therapy structure meeting eight times during a four-week period was the basic approach of the SDB seminar. (Author)

Basic experiments were part of an intensive, three-week energy conservation workshop conducted by Wilkes College. A group of 32 secondary science teachers participated in this workshop in order to acquire both facts and techniques that would enable them to act as resource persons for their schools, communities, and their own homes. (Author)

The shared governance program in the Salt Lake City schools has the teachers and administrators working together to solve problems. (IRT)