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Download full textWashington State Dept. of Commerce and Economic Development, Olympia. – 1967
SECTION 10 OF THE WASHINGTON STATE PROGRAM PLAN AMENDMENT, FISCAL YEAR 1968, TO THE STATE PLAN FOR TITLE 1 OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 CONSISTS OF A SUBMITTAL STATEMENT TOUCHING ON PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION AND ON THE SELECTION OF PERTINENT COMMUNITY PROBLEMS, A PROGRAM STATEMENT (INCLUDING A LIST OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS) STRESSING…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Services, Financial Support, Human Resources
SPRACKLEN, MARVIN S. – 1967
THE TRIPLE TWO PROJECT (1966-67) WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE NEEDS PERCEIVED IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FOR PROGRAMS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE OR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TO EXAMINE TITLE 1 OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 AS IT MIGHT RELATE TO THEM. TWENTY-SEVEN COMMUNITIES WERE CHOSEN AS CONFERENCE AREAS AND DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES BY…
Descriptors: City Officials, Community Services, Educational Needs, Employed Women
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1966
The Florida State Plan for community service and continuing education, submitted to entitle it to participate in federal funds under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965, includes sections on policies and procedures for selecting community problems and institutions; duties of the State Advisory Committee, appeals from institutions, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Community Problems
Reed, Bob H.; Harper, William A. – 1968
Participants in an airborne seminar were teams of individuals from sixteen institutions engaged in the early stages of planning and design. Novel and exciting features of each of the nineteen institutions visited during the "fly-in" were noted. A brief summary of the unique architectural features and facilities in each institution is given, some…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Building Innovation, Campus Planning
Carden, Thomas E. – 1977
In order to ascertain the effectiveness of Piedmont Technical Institute's implementation of its community services function, this study reviewed current literature, defined community services and effectiveness, designed a questionnaire based on Harlacher's checklist for effective community services programs, field-tested the survey instrument,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Community Services, Institutional Research
Becker, Laurence D.; And Others – 1976
A study of the needs and services available to parents of exceptional children in Southern California is described. The first section reviews results of a mail survey in which 78% of the agencies and programs serving exceptional persons indicated they also provided some type of service to parents. Additional results discussed include that the most…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Services, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children
Korim, Andrew S., Ed.; Waugaman, Dorothy O., Ed. – 1974
The American Association of Community and Junior Colleges organized a consortium of five observation and demonstration colleges to implement pilot programs aimed at older adults. Site selection was made on the bases of geographic dispersion, community variation, economic characteristics, and the proportion of older adults in the population. This…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Services, Consortia
Maxwell, Eleanor K. – 1975
It has sometimes been proposed that, as the physical prowess of aging people wanes, the nature of their public service may change: if they are no longer able to provide the community with mechanical energy, they nevertheless perform important functions in public situations, their contribution shifting in a sense from power to modeled guidance. In…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Community Services, Cross Cultural Studies, Gerontology
Nelson, Hershel H.
This study was conducted to assess the community's awareness of Polk Community College (PCC) and its function, using a random sampling of people from Winter Haven, Florida and the surrounding area served by the college. Approximately one-third of those interviewed were students; the remaining were a rather even distribution of housewives, skilled…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Attitudes, Community Services, Community Surveys
Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale. Dept. of Technical and Industrial Education. – 1970
Fishing Facts Unlimited, a student conducted enterprise in Technical and Industrial Education at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale has been a very successful operation, both financially and in providing a community service. The service provided by the enterprise was the production and sales of a 48-page fishing guide to Southern Illinois.…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Community Services, Program Costs, Publications
Trask, Anne E.; And Others – 1975
The procedures for awarding academic credit in one particular community service learning program, the University Year for ACTION, were examined through an analysis of the responses to a mail questionnaire sent to all UYA program directors. Almost all of the programs include a fairly traditional academic component that probably has as much, or as…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Services, Educational Innovation, Field Experience Programs
Cotrell, Charles L. – 1975
The paper examined: (1) the relationship between research into municipal services equalization and current explanations of internal colonialism, and (2) some aspects of the dynamic of racial exclusion and inequality in San Antonio, Texas. Data were obtained from research reviews, census figures, and city, county, and State sources. Characteristics…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Community Services, Equal Facilities, Literature Reviews
National Council for Homemaker-Home Health Aide Services, New York, NY. – 1969
Prepared by the National Council for Homemaker Services for those concerned with homemaker programs, this document contains selected papers which summarize the developments of the homemaker-home health aide service. Sections are: (1) The Philosophy and Goals of Homemaker-Home Health Aide Service, with papers by Elizabeth G. Watkins and Ellen…
Descriptors: Community Services, Health Services, Household Workers, Philosophy
Stanton, Charles M. – 1970
Although community colleges have a relatively short period of time to help students learn about society and themselves, the students can gain personal meaning from the concepts and information of course material through related, practical experience. Colleges may, therefore, find it beneficial to incorporate community service experience into the…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cooperative Education, Relevance (Education), School Community Relationship
Harlacher, Ervin L. – 1969
Embodying the general theme that the next great thrust of community college development will be in the direction of community services, this volume describes and analyzes the relationship between the American community college and the local community. It discusses community service programs and the organizational patterns they reveal and explores…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Services, Courses
