This case study contributes to a small but growing literature on African American educational leadership. Previous studies have shown that, building on a history of segregated schools for Black students staffed by Black teachers in which strong school-family-community relations were essential for the survival of their schools, Black principals…

Despite the increasing difficulties facing libraries today because of financial problems, there is a re-emphasis of professional goals and a rekindling of enthusiasm in the development of new library programs. (Author)

THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE GENERAL EFFECTS OF CLOSED PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON THE SOCIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT OF A NEGRO POPULATION. A SECONDARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO EXPLORE THOSE FACTORS WHICH RESULT FROM EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL DEPRIVATION. EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND INFORMATION WAS ACQUIRED ON BOTH THE ADULT AND NON-ADULT NEGRO MEMBERS OF…

Four hundred seventy-two residential facilities across the U.S., serving mentally ill, alcoholics, and other disability groups, reported their experience with community opposition. Residential programs for offenders encountered opposition more frequently. However, for all types of facilities, attempts to occupy sites in residential neighborhoods,…

Revised version of a paper read at a meeting of the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German, October 1973, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (RL)

Describes library relationships with the religious, business, and other groups in its community. (SP)

Context: Among small rural hospitals, there is a growing recognition of the need to measure and report on the use of resources and the safety and quality of the services provided. Dashboards, clinical value compasses, and balanced scorecards are approaches to performance measurement that have been adopted by many health care organizations.…

When the alarm clock rings in the morning, the school fundraiser is not the first thing on a principal's mind. He or she is more likely to be thinking about such high-priority concerns as instructional leadership, communication, student interaction, school safety, and community relations. But as school budgets get squeezed, principals find…

The concept of car sharing is gaining ground on college campuses in the US, where parking and congestion are among the most problematic issues for administrators. There is a growing group of institutions that are turning to car-sharing companies like Zipcar and Flexcar in an effort to save money, free up parking spaces, and improve community…

A real community program needs not only programs but a new perspective on the total program of the library aimed at joining the theoretical to the practical, with a shift in accent to the needs of the patron as an individual. (Author/PF)

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…

Examined relationship between social characteristics of remarried persons and community integration. When measures of community integration were regressed upon all independent variables, the type of marriage did not have an effect on any of the measures. However, when the type of remarriage was a control variable, different integration patterns…