Information on how universities, colleges, and independent schools solicit major gifts is presented, based on results of a survey of 68 institutions. The pattern among institutions was to define major gifts as those $100,000 and up, while leadership gifts ranged from $10,000 to $100,000. Thirty-eight of the schools had one or more professionals…

Based on the assumption that the steps involved in the total Peace Corps program-training process as well as the interrelationship of programing and training are essential to a trainer's ability to design, implement, and evaluate good training, the 11 steps of the program-training-evaluation process are described here with illustrative diagrams…

Article adapted from an address to the conference of the Canadian Council for Research in Education, January, 1969.

This paper describes the planning and implementation of a veterans' hospital career center program that offers a comprehensive career counseling, vocational assessment, vocational rehabilitation planning, job placement, and follow-up program to inpatients and outpatients, under the direction of a counseling psychologist. Recruitment of volunteer…

In order to fill the gap in obtaining hard evidence to test or document the impact of experience-based education on student participants, the Experiential Education Evaluation Project was undertaken May, 1978 and administered to 4,000 students in 33 programs. There were four major types of programs: volunteer service, career internships, outdoor…

The monograph describes the Community Learning Center (CLC) model and process, which resulted from a University System of New Hampshire project conducted in six small New Hampshire towns between July 1973 and June 1974. The development involved a non-school, learner-controlled base, headed by groups of citizens called "core groups," who…

This module is one of a set of seven prepared in conjunction with the Title I "Project to Train Volunteer Leaders to Conduct Consumer Education Courses." It is designed to be a basic text for use in making a one-hour presentation on legal aspects of the marketplace. Through use of the attached bibliography, a more in-depth knowledge can…

The influx of an unprecedented number of reentry women into educational programs and paid work requires more research on the transferability of women's competencies and life experiences to specific occupations. A questionnaire was developed to survey the life experiences of adult women (N=131) who were participating in various programs of career…

A product of many years experience in a small volunteer church library, this manual is a comprehensive tool for the administration and treatment of audiovisual materials for similar library situations. Administrative concerns--personnel, budget, and procedures--are the focus of the first section. The whole range of general activities, from…

This handbook has been developed as an aid for librarians in planning summer 1980 reading programs on a sports theme for children from preschool through the elementary years. The program encourages children to visit the library, become familiar with its resources, and promote reading and enjoyment of books. The handbook is complemented by…

WEST VIRGINIA IS A RURAL STATE HAVING A LARGE POVERTY STRICKEN POPULATION. SINCE THIS GROUP HAD NO ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH SPONSORED A VISTA PROGRAM IN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION, AND ENCOURAGED THE VOLUNTEERS TO USE THEIR OWN CREATIVITY AND INGENUITY IN PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES AS--(1)…

Module 4 of a seven module package for child protective service workers focuses on coordinating efforts of a parent aide program for abused and neglected children and their families with the Department of Human Resources. Five activities deal with the following aspects of the interface: (1) criteria for determining which cases are suitable for…

Module 5 of a seven module package for child protective service workers outlines procedures for conscientious recruitment and screening of volunteers for a parent aide program serving abused and neglected children and their families. Four activities are geared to laying out a plan for recruiting volunteers, writing a parent aide job description,…

The final module of a seven module package for child protective service workers addresses management system skills necessary to maintain a volunteer parent aide program for abused and neglected children and their families. Four program activities center on the following: (1) listing what the agency will provide the volunteer; (2) developing…

This guide documents cost effective methods of providing community-based alternative court intervention services to youth. The service program was designed to assist adolescent status offenders and their families in resolving the underlying problems which bring the youths to the attention of the juvenile system. A Family Crisis Intervention Center…