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Killacky, Jim – College Board Review, 1984
A free university is defined as a community learning center that connects people who want to teach or learn with resources to meet their needs. The free university for Man, located at Kansas State University in Manhattan, is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Involvement, Free Schools
Download full textKillacky, Jim; And Others – 1979
University for Man (UFM) has developed into a major national organization, impacting the worlds of lifelong learning, alternative education, and rural and community resource development. It was founded in 1968 when Manhattan, Kansas, residents secured several hundred dollars from the Kansas State University student government to organize seven…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Lipka, Richard P.; Gailey, Herbert A. – 1989
This presentation describes a curriculum revitalization project begun in Spring, 1983 in Baxter Springs, Kansas. The cooperative "effective schools" effort used a broad base of support to establish a director of curriculum, create new school-university ties, focus a reading K-12 curriculum improvement effort, and hold instructional…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Community Involvement
