For junior colleges that cannot support a full-time public-relations director, the author suggests a program using the resources at hand. A flow chart must be made so that the faculty or administration member handling the program knows where to collect his information. (If possible, he should receive released time or extra pay.) Faculty members…

The Pre-Retirement Program Section of the Division for Senior Citizens, Department of Human Resources, Chicago, is charged with providing consultation and technical assistance in pre-retirement education and planning for business, industry, labor, government, and other groups in the area. Current activities of the section include serving as a…

The University has a 3 part responsibility: academic excellence, research, and community service. This last responsibility tends to get short shrift in most institutions of higher learning, because an institution's excellence is generally not measured by its responsiveness to social needs. Yet, the time has come when higher education must face its…

This report describes a demonstration project at Tuskegee Institute of interdisciplinary research that focused on small town development. The goals were the involvement of faculty and students in the practice of research, the stimulation of interdisciplinary thinking and planning, the involvement of faculty and students in the affairs of the…

In order to describe the scope of community service programs in the 103 California community colleges, a comprehensive survey instrument was designed and administered to the community service deans of the colleges. The data received from 85 colleges is presented here for the 1974-75 fiscal year. (NHM)

Presents reports from seven schools in the United States and Canada in which elementary school students are involved in special service projects such as weather forecasting, newspaper publishing and nursing home visits. (JMB)

Through research on personal perspectives of community workers, the author has identified a gap between theory and practice in the area of community work. She argues that ideology is the bridging mechanism through which one explains and redevelops practice and defines the nature of the process. (CH)

The article describes the rationale and provisions of a new policy allowing states to apply for a waiver to use Medicard funds for community services for mentally retarded persons at risk of institutionalization. The current status of waiver requests is summarized, along with the potential impact on community services. (Author/CL)

Presents a study of the amount of air-time black-oriented radio stations devote to news and public service broadcasting. (TO)

Reported is a study of the referral activities of 384 Ss in six types of professions who serve mentally retarded clients, and proposed is an explanation of the sequence of events in the development of a referral network. (DB)

Survey to determine the backgrounds of administrators, examine some of the skills of those experienced practitioners identified by their peers, recommend guidelines for development of inservice training experiences for prospective and practicing administrators and develop guidelines for districts seeking community services officers. (Author/CB)

The demonstration projects have shown that public libraries and adult education can interrelate their services in a manner which is beneficial to the disadvantaged adult new reader and to the institution involved. (GB)

Professional exterminators provide a valuable community service in the unending battle against insects and rodents. (Editor)

Author suggests that many frustrations in program development can be eliminated by utilizing the critical path'' method developed by the aerospace industry. (CB)