Community-university partnerships are a critical vehicle for promoting sustainability, and the partnerships themselves can be sustained by ensuring that participants achieve mutual benefits in terms of their respective goals and missions. Although the literature emphasizes mutuality and reciprocity, fewer studies investigate community partners'…

Increased development of wind farms in the U.S. has fostered debates surrounding the siting and support for the projects. Prior research demonstrates the importance of understanding the attitudes and opinions of community members when developing projects. This article reviews a case study of an Ohio community that integrated a local survey to…

Over the last several decades, "Tasers," "stun guns" and other conducted energy devices (CEDs) have become a widely adopted, though publicly controversial, form of police restraint technology. While there is a growing body of research on the physiological effects of these types of weapons, less attention has been devoted to the…

In 2007, the Kettering Foundation launched a nationwide, two-year research project to learn what people in communities across the nation think about the achievement gap--and what roles they see for themselves in helping young people succeed academically. The community forums, which drew more than 3,200 participants nationwide, spotlighted elements…

This article describes a participatory action research study that examined participant's perceptions of community and of the West End neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the study took place. It is argued that oppressive situations have developed strong collective identities and social capital among residents, which can lead to the development…

Currently principals are involved with a variety of programs offered in schools, such as IDEA, English Language Learners, Title I remedial services, migrant education, and gifted and talented programs. However, there is a growing recognition that gifted students are being poorly served by most public schools. The purpose of this study was to…

The major purpose of this bulletin was to discuss the relationship of place of residence to selected attitudinal and socio-economic characteristics. A theoretical model of social scale was presented and subjected to empirical test, using attitudinal data collected from rural and urban residents in several Ohio communities. Major variables were…

In 1982, the Ohio Driver and Safety Education Association contracted with PJP Associates to conduct a statewide survey to gather data about the driver education program as it is conducted in the public schools of Ohio. The survey questionnaire contained 12 questions about driver education and 10 demographic questions. The survey used two methods…

Environmental problems affect the entire community and/or region. With this in mind, a workshop in the Weirton, West Virginia and Steubenville, Ohio area was organized to make participants more aware of their environmental problems and to involve them in the decisions concerning future environmental quality. This document contains the detailed…

After a brief description of third force coalitions and their goals, this research attempts to determine what areas of consensus unite such groups and what issues or opinions can potentially divide them. A Q factor analysis is employed to establish a methodology for identifying language that has appeal to various opinion groups. Respondents in…

Ohio schools are particularly hard hit by the taxpayers' rebellion." (Author)

In an attempt to explore the press's power to influence its readers and viewers, a study replicated other agenda-setting research using content analysis of the media and a telephone survey of residents of Defiance, Ohio. Subjects, 364 residents (representing a 45% response rate), were asked to grade the mayor on the best and worst things he had…

Address given at the annual convention of the American Association of Junior Colleges (49th, Atlanta, Ga., March 3-7, 1969).

ONE HUNDRED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF MASS CIRCULATION OF THE CAMPUS PAPER (PUBLISHED AT THREE-WEEK INTERVALS) ALONG WITH A COMMUNITY DAILY PAPER WAS HARMFUL OR OTHERWISE TO THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF THE COLLEGE. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP COMPRISED THOSE WHO RECEIVED BOTH THE STUDENT PAPER AND THE DAILY PAPER. THE CONTROL GROUP…

Reports on interviews with community leaders associated with four rural Ohio high schools. Finds that these schools are the nuclei of their communities, are highly valued, and provide a community facility for recreational and cultural activities and for adult meetings. (SV)