In the last 15 years much attention has been devoted to the identification and description of varieties (register and style) of language within the same speech community. The Research Section, Directorate of Studies, Staff Development Branch, Public Service Commission of Canada carried out three TESL-oriented linguistic studies on the…

This curriculum guide, one of a series developed to assist those involved in implementing career education programs concerned with public service occupations, contains the basic instructional material recommended for the area of public safety, correction, and judicial services preparations. It consists of six units: (1) organization and operation…

The third in a series of books on human potential, the focus of this book is the leadership and management capability of people in public service. The chapters of the book are: 1. The Leadership Gap; 2. The Leader: Definitions; 3. The Issue Develops; 4. Creative Pressures for the '70s; 5. The Private-Public Dialogue; 6. Response: The Universities;…

Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of students interested in fire science education, this instructional package is one of two for the public service occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational…

College presidents nominated students to receive the Robinson Student Humanitarian Achievement Award honoring their commitment to community service. The four winners, George Arnold Cuevas Antillon, Eileen Doyle, Diane Koucky, and Joseph O'Brien, are interviewed. (MLW)

It is the peculiar genius of the United States that everyone bears some responsibility for higher education: parents, students, state and federal governments, alumni, business, and philanthropists. In deciding each partner's share of the cost, it must be remembered that what one partner saves must be paid by someone else. (Author/MSE)

This yearbook contains 14 essays that address a wide variety of issues that educators, policymakers, and others involved in education are exploring in order to expand the understanding of the burgeoning field of service learning. The following papers are included: "Youth Participation: Integrating Youth into Communities" (Peter…

This idea book comes from projects undertaken by American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) chapters and state and local retired teachers associations around the United States. The projects described range from simple acts performed by one volunteer to elaborate schemes funded by corporations, from involvement in existing programs to the…

This unit examines the responsibilities of being a U.S. citizen. It surveys the need for the participation of all citizens in the governing of the United States. Lessons explain that while the United States Constitution does not require the people of the United States to be good citizens, citizens need to work hard in order to stay free. The unit…

This guide offers an overview of C-SPAN's programming and its outreach to educators. The guide is designed to support teachers and to offer ideas, resources, information, and special projects. Throughout the guide, detailed applications or "best practices" for using C-SPAN in the classroom are included. There are guides based on C-SPAN…

The field of higher education has, until very recently, seldom been invaded by the educational researcher. Efficiency tests and statistical measurements have been applied to the work of lower schools, and the literature recording the results with increasing frequency. The literature of higher education however, is still predominantly of the…

The role of the state in higher education is addressed and some of the fundamental conflicts between different approaches to the organization of universities are explored. Competition as it affects the three primary activities of the university--teaching, research, and service to the community--are examined. (MLW)

It is argued that university public service activities could be more effectively utilized to improve the quality of life of Black citizens who live in communities near White universities. Summary results of a University of Delaware research project on the subject of university public service are presented. (Author/MC)

A recent Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching report counters the conventional wisdom in academe that faculty research must be evaluated by standards different from those of teaching and service, maintaining that the different types of faculty work have much in common and must be judged similarly if teaching and service are to gain…