NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Woods, Leah; Willis, Jamie; Wright, D. C.; Knapp, Tim – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2013
Many academic departments are making efforts to increase faculty and student community engagement as part of a movement to revitalize the civic function of higher education. A case study of the development of a public sociology program provides examples of steps that can be taken to involve educators and students in communities in multifaceted…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sociology, Outreach Programs, School Community Programs
Jewell, Larry R. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1979
North Carolina State University offers a course designed to help students evaluate the community in which they are student teaching. In the first phase of the course, emphasis is on the understanding of and planning for the research. In phase two the student studies community life in detail. (LRA)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Community Study, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
CAHILL, ROBERT S.; HENCLEY, STEPHEN P. – 1964
A CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN AUGUST 1963 TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF JOINT SOCIAL INQUIRY BY THE THREE REPRESENTED DISCIPLINES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY, AND EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE PROCEEDINGS AND RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE. DISCUSSIONS WERE CENTERED ABOUT FOUR MAJOR SUBJECTS--(1) MAIN TRENDS IN COMMUNITY POWER…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Community Study, Conferences