The importance of citizenship, community service, and voluntary organizations to a democratic society is considered, along with evidence that citizen service and influence could diminish in the future. Five roles for higher education in the development of active citizenship and personal community service are also indicated. Problems in…

This exploration of the growing field of literacy voluntarism encompasses the literature, history, trends, and issues of the volunteer role in literacy programs. The majority of the literature is characterized as descriptive and program specific; the research is found to lack definition and theoretical foundation. The literature also reflects…

The complete text of the U.S. Senate bill 969 hearings is presented in four volumes. Parts 1 and 2 cover the first day of the hearings; parts 3 and 4 cover the second day. (S. 969 would extend the maximum entitlement of educational assistance benefits for eligible Vietnam era veterans from 36 to 45 months. The bill restricts this extension to…

Intended for use by administrators, regular education teachers, and teachers of the preschool exceptional child, this document includes guidelines for providing an individual education program for preschool handicapped children. Chapter I provides an introductory overview of the document's purpose, defines terms used throughout the document,…

Following a brief introduction that defines types of business/education partnerships and outlines their financial and educational benefits for schools, students, and businesses, 24 profiles of existing and effective cooperative programs are presented. Profiles are given a page and a half to two pages of coverage and provide the following…

Piagetian levels of 126 volunteers (60 males and 66 females) were measured using the Burney Logical Reasoning Test. Findings demonstrated that the six predictor variables succeeded in explaining 58% (pooled male/female sample), 53% (female sample), and 59% (male sample) of the variance in Piagetian cognitive levels. In addition, since prediction…

Collected are articles by planned giving (deferred giving) experts on institutional commitment, policies, and programs to encourage various types of gifts to higher education institutions: bequests, unitrusts, annuity trusts, charitable income trusts (lead trusts), pooled income funds, gifts of land and so on. A major article covers how to hire…

The purpose of this project was to (1) engage in a statewide survey of early intervention programs concerned with the school-age child and his or her family, and (2) to examine a "family impact" model focused on two systems: the family and the school. A particular focus of the survey was on programs whose methods of impacting, (i.e.…

THIS PROJECT DETERMINED SUCCESSFUL COUNSELING TECHNIQUES AND THE LENGTH OF TIME NECESSARY TO PREPARE EMPLOYMENT COUNSELORS TO WORK WITH WOMEN 35 TO 54 YEARS OLD, AND PRESENTS A GUIDE TO HELP OTHERS INTERESTED IN SUCH A PROGRAM. RESEARCH WAS CARRIED OUT BY A DIRECTOR, THREE FACULTY MEMBERS WHO PLANNED AND PRESENTED THE EIGHT WEEK CURRICULUM,…

IN 1964, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXTENSION SET UP AN AUTONOMOUS DAYTIME PROGRAM WHICH NOW OFFERS 100 CLASSES, CONFERENCES, AND LECTURE PROGRAMS IN FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. HOW THE DAYTIME STAFF FACED PROBLEMS OF ACADEMIC CREDIT, NEED FOR RISK CAPITAL IN AN INNOVATIVE EFFORT, AND MANAGEMENT OF FACULTY RELATIONS AND USE OF…

This publication discusses selected elements of community involvement programs and processes that directly relate to the classroom teacher. The areas covered give the teacher a theoretical base to support the concept of community involvement as well as practical ways to implement basic elements of community involvement to enhance the learning…

An exploratory, qualitative, and comparative research study concerning sociologically relevant aspects of project Head Start (HS) was conducted in two New York City HS centers. The study investigated (l) the internal organizational development of the HS centers, (2) teacher-parent relations in HS, (3) HS in relation to the family life of the…

This booklet describes 38 projects funded during Fiscal Year 1974 by the Intradepartmental Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect. Projects include community prevention programs, child protection, family resource centers, mother-infant attachment, the demography of child abuse, and the effect of birth order on the mother-child relationship. Project…

This booklet provides basic information for those involved in creating new day care programs or revising existing ones in their own communities. Chapters 1 and 2 offer discussions on basic approaches to day care as well as general aspects of programming. In Chapter 3 three types of staff training are investigated. A black studies inservice…

The instructional concept guide is part of a system developed for tutor training and support. It is primarily designed for volunteers, but it can also be adapted to the training of paraprofessional tutors for any type of adult literacy program. A key component in the system is the Tutor Support Library, consisting of Instructional Concept Guides…