The 1968-69 school boycott in Hyde County (North Carolina) was one of the most sustained and successful protests of the civil rights movement. For a year, the county's black citizens refused to send their children to school in protest of a desegregation plan that required closing two historically black schools in their remote coastal community.…

This volume comprises 95 papers or abstracts of conference presentations, focusing on various community-based approaches to health sciences education throughout the world. The papers or presentation abstracts are arranged under the following headings: (1) problems met in establishing links with the regional health care systems--the case of…

Issues and problems associated with university involvement in public sector activities and the knowledge transfer process are examined. After a brief statement of the state-of-the-art in knowledge transfer, attention is directed to one of the basic issues presented in the literature: the appropriateness and inappropriateness of university…

This manual presents background information and administrative techniques which are intended to strengthen youth programs and interorganization coordination with the Youth Development Program (YDP) and the Community Action Agency (CAA). The content is in four sections. The section on program definitions includes definitions, history, and…

PART OF A KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SERIES ON COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, THIS MONOGRAPH DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF POLITICS (HERE DEFINED AS THE MEANS BY WHICH CONFLICT AMONG DIVERSE GOALS AND METHODS ARE RESOLVED OR ACCOMMODATED IN SOCIETY) AND GOVERNMENT (ANY INSTITUTION THAT FORMALLY ENACTS AND ADMINISTERS THE RULES OF SOCIETY) IN COMMUNITY…

IN THE FIRST OF THE THREE SECTIONS OF THIS EVALUATION REPORT, GENERAL INFORMATION IS PRESENTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING RUBRICS--(1) OPERATION AND SERVICES, (2) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, (3) EVALUATION, (4) MAJOR PROBLEMS AREAS OF STATE ADMINISTRATION, (5) IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 205 (A) OF TITLE I, (6) COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY ACTION…

MISSOURI'S TITLE I PROJECTS ARE DESCRIBED AND EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. OPERATION AND SERVICE PROBLEMS INCLUDED LACK OF SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL AND OF STAFF TO PLAN FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION AND TO HELP THE DISTRICTS IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFERED ONLY LIMITED ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING…

To aid communities with similar concerns, this bulletin shares the proceedings of a workshop which focused on local issues surrounding rural crime and its prevention. Eight members of the Fairfield County (Ohio) Resource Development Committee assessed the need for and support of a workshop, invited speakers, scheduled a meeting place, printed an…

Proceedings are presented of hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Child and Human Development concerning proposed legislation (S. 239 and S. 374) to revise, improve, and extend certain provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act. Testimony from administrators of current programs under the act and from public witnesses focuses on the…

The fourth unit to the second-semester "Comparing Political Experiences" course focuses on a specific, controversial, political issue. Using a documentary approach, this unit analyzes the concept of political change by examining the changes in Riverside, California, as that community confronts the issue of smog. The unit is divided into…

Prepared for the use of those interested in American Indian education and/or Indian affairs, this 1974 annotated resource reference guide contains over 1500 entries. Names, addresses, and annotations accompany entry citations which are organized under the following 24 subject headings: (1) Government Agencies; (2) State Agencies; (3) Bureau of…

This guidebook explores the significance of international cultural relations giving special consideration to voluntary action programs developed in the U.S. since World War II. American voluntary agencies and institutions seeking to develop sound cultural relations programs will find 25 possible approaches described. Considerable material on human…

Selected examples of successful approaches, innovations, and techniques in rural manpower programs were analyzed to provide new organizations with blueprints of workable program operations. Attention was focused on such areas as recruitment and selection, trainee orientation, economic development, job placement, on the job training, interagency…

This idea-generating description of a successful class project tells how second grade students, through viewing a film on ecology were motivated toward involving teachers, schools, parents and community in a cooperative effort to collect used paper for recycling. Objectives of the project were to: 1) enable students to identify environmental…

This study investigates the life of rural Filipino teachers and assesses their role in civic or community improvement. The purpose is to locate the activist teachers and further to explain why certain people are more involved in the community. Two approaches are used: first, ethnographic material from informants and personal observations on the…