This list of natural resource use and management organizations in the United States and Canada is supplemented with indices to their major periodical publications and to individuals named in the directory. Sections of the directory deal with agencies of the United States government; organizations and commissions with international, national,…

This study guide is for the use of community workers who instruct members of their community in a basic social security course. The course is divided into five sessions of approximately 2 hours each. The guide, to be used by the instructor in a lecture/discussion setting, contains four Course Units: 1. Introduction, 2. How Quarters of Coverage Are…

This list of natural resource use and management organizations in the United States and Canada is supplemented with indices to their major periodical publications and to individuals named in the directory. Sections of the directory deal with agencies of the U.S. government; organizations and commissions with international, national, regional, and…

Organized development of community agencies facilitates the use of available human resources in the improvement of community education. (JD)

Using survey research from graduate student and community stakeholder respondents, this exploratory study examines two different dimensions of higher education-community partnerships. First, the role graduate assistantships supporting higher education and community partnerships in the context of graduate student development is examined. Second,…

The author cites five specific areas in which the staff of community resource agencies can serve as resources in vocational education, a resource often overlooked. (AG)

This article reports two case studies that underscore the close consultation liaison between psychotherapists and one community agency: the school. (Author)

Author first outlines what constitutes community action" and then suggests three broad categories into which most examples of such action may be placed. (Editor/MB)

This article suggests the relationship which the Explorer program could have with colleges, employers, and the students and employees of the future. Exploring as a process of finding out can help young people find their identity, personally and vocationally, and enable college carrer counselors to expand on a sound foundation of vocational…

The origin, composition and function of New York State's Environmental Conservation Commissions is illustrated by examples of successful commissions. Sources of information on the legislative base and on the methods of establishing a commission to work with local governments are included. (AL)

A study was conducted to determine whether the tenets of rural social work were applicable only to the developing countries or whether they were also meaningful in the context of other industrial nations of the West. (CT)

Terms used in the interagency process component of community education are defined and examples of linking mechanisms and factors that encourage collaboration are listed. (MLF)

Argues that public management differs from private management not just in degree but in quality, so that American business is an inappropriate analogy for evaluating public management. In particular, "purpose,""organization," and "people" have different meaning and significance in public agencies and private businesses. (JG)

Argues for the need to incorporate both the exchange and the power-dependency approaches of interorganizational relations into a single framework. (Author)

Examines an ongoing community development project in a primarily African-American county in Georgia. Identifies characteristics of the local development effort and compares them to the elements in the black organizational autonomy model of community development. (Author/JOW)