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Scogin, Forrest; Rickard, Henry C. – Teaching of Psychology, 1987
A volunteer experience in abnormal psychology is described. The program has been operating for 18 years, and student reactions have been quite positive. The program augments the traditional course offerings and provides reciprocal service for the University of Alabama and mental health facilities. Guidelines for implementing a volunteer program…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Mental Health Programs, Psychopathology
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. Office of University Partnerships. – 2001
This interactive multimedia presentation is a new tool for promoting campus-community partnerships. The CD-ROM provides commentary on college-community partnerships, interviews with Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC) Directors, staff, and students, and video of grantee activities. The presentations revolve around four themes central to…
Descriptors: Community Development, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Optical Data Disks
Andersen, Susan M. – 1999
This issue paper examines the pros and cons of required community service, discusses policy rationales and options, defines the difference between community service and service-learning, and presents a snapshot of various practices in place nationally. It is designed to enable education policy makers to make more informed decisions about which of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, School Community Programs
Brown, L. Joan; Bender, Ellen – 1996
This report recounts that many impressive projects in Massachusetts Learn and Serve America school-based sites have been observed. The term "project" is used in the report to refer to community service learning (CSL) as it is incorporated into classroom instruction. In general, the report notes, the projects ranged from simple to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Partnerships in Education, Preschool Education
Gulati-Partee, Gita, Ed.; Finger, William R., Ed. – 1996
This compilation includes practical and transferable principles that can be used by service-learning practitioners. The 39 case studies and personal essays in the compilation are organized around critical issues in strengthening long-term institutional and community support for K-12 service-learning programs. Each article describes how the issue…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Program Implementation
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Eells, Donald R. – NASSP Bulletin, 1974
Author suggests ways of involving parents in a real partnership with the school. Parental involvement is a sure-fire route to good PR, he says. (Editor)
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Public Opinion
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Mcmillan, Richard K. – Community Education Journal, 1974
Describes the role of one school district's school-community advisory councils. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, Community Education, Educational Development
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Parks, A. Paul – Social Work, 1973
In efforts to place more effective social workers in the barrios and ghettoes, this program recruited potential college students from those areas, and provided them with support in academic skill development on-site classes; field placement; and supportive services. The most serious kinds of problem faced by these young people lie in the area of…
Descriptors: College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Mental Health, Poverty Areas
Building Design and Construction, 1973
As the birthrate plunges, a resourceful building team finds school construction activity shifting to conversions, renovations, and the design of new schools called human resource centers. Describes programs in Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in Arlington, Virginia; the Whitman Center in Pontiac, Michigan; and the John F. Kennedy School and…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Educational Facilities Design, Enrollment Projections, Flexible Facilities
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Richardson, W. D.; Dudley, James E. – Catalyst for Change, 1973
Camp Tyler, a comprehensive educational facility, serves the public schools during the school year and other organizations dedicated to children during the summer months. During their stay at the facility, students have an opportunity to become involved with and better understand their environment and their peers. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Counselor Educators, Ecology, Elementary Education
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Nance, Everette E. – Community Education Journal, 1972
Covers the selection process and hiring of the community education coordinator; describes the requisite personality, qualifications, role, and training of the coordinator; and outlines the organization and structure of the community education program. (Author/EA)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Administrators
Mackintosh, Douglas; And Others – New South, 1970
Descriptors: Community Leaders, National Organizations, Parent Attitudes, Program Content
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Aubrey, Roger F. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1971
This paper presents a ten point program for schools and communities, aimed at the prevention of abuse and rehabilitation of drug users. The program's thrust is a comprehensive endeavor involving key individuals and agencies in long range efforts to dissuade youngsters from harmful experimentation with drugs. (Author)
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Health Education, Health Programs
Everhart, Robert B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Discusses the social role of education. Describes how students and faculty of the School of Education at the University of California at Santa Barbara used "Ground Zero Week" to organize and carry out a communitywide, nonpartisan, educational series of teach-ins on nuclear war issues. (RW)
Descriptors: Activism, Current Events, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
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Kirschenbaum, Daniel S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Presents an inner city early intervention program based on a social competence conceptualization. Key elements of the school-based program and an evaluation are described. The program focuses on children's competencies and problems in assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Ratings by teachers indicated interventions improved competencies, but…
Descriptors: Children, Inner City, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
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