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Graefe, Martin; Wells, Matt – Camping Magazine, 1996
An economic impact study tells the community about a camp's contribution, and is good advertising. Describes an economic impact study and its benefits. Uses Concordia Language Villages' study to illustrate features of an impact study, including goals and scope, parameters and assumptions, statistical information, research methodology, review…
Descriptors: Advertising, Camping, Community Benefits, Community Relations
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Davis, Stephen H. – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
Recounts a year in the life of a new principal. The author discovered the primary elements of survival in the fishbowl to be establishing positive school-community relations, developing patience, maintaining a global perspective on the organization's activities, and acquiring resiliency in response to the continual ebb and flow of people, ideas,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Relations, Leadership Styles, Power Structure
Cannon, Cass L.; Barham, Frank E. – Executive Educator, 1993
If taken at face value, the Gallup Poll and other national school rating surveys are disappointing. Factors influencing overall low school ratings include negative publicity about inner-city school failures, public ignorance, sample composition, and changing demographics. School executives must contribute consistently to the information flow from…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Community Relations, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Opinion
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Chantler, Khatidja – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2006
In this response to Pittu Laungani's conversation with William West, published in the August, 2004, issue of "British Journal of Guidance and Counselling," the author questions why person-centred counselling has been singled out for particular attention, argues that the dichotomy between client-centred and culture-centred counselling is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Social Influences, Community Relations
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Catano, Nancy; Stronge, James H. – NASSP Bulletin, 2006
This study used both quantitative and qualitative methods of content analysis to examine principal evaluation instruments, and state and professional standards for principals in school districts located in a Mid-Atlantic state in the United States. The purposes of this study were to (a) determine the degrees of emphasis that are placed on…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Principals, Administrator Responsibility, Educational Administration
Gallagher, Donald R. – Updating School Board Policies, 1975
Without a written commitment, a board's intentions about communicating with the public are not clear and are often misunderstood. (Author)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Relations, Elementary Secondary Education, School Community Relationship
Sackett, Marjorie – 1974
Evidence indicates that the results of folklorists' studies have had a positive effect on the relationship among ethnic groups as well as on college-community relationships in Hays, Kansas. Research based on 64 interviews of members of the community and the college shows that members of the German-Russian ethnic group have a notably increased…
Descriptors: Colleges, Community Attitudes, Community Relations, Cultural Interrelationships
O'Connell, Walter E.; Hanson, Philip G. – 1968
In a community confrontation program with police and community members, group leaders face many problems dissimilar from those found in group therapy. Dealing with authority (police) was difficult when the leader held a low self-esteem. Dealing with very vocal, rebellious community members presented difficulties in accepting their reports as truth…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Community Relations, Conflict, Group Dynamics
Hankin, Carole G.
The institutional goals, students, programs and services, personnel and organization, instruction, facilities and finances, and community relations of the community college as they relate to the community college reading center are discussed. (Not available in hard copy because of marginal legibility of original document.) (DB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Relations, Institutional Role, Postsecondary Education
Frame, Stanley M. – 1971
In response to identified needs, a specialized graduate level program leading to an M.A. in Social Science was developed jointly by Azusa Pacific College and the Pasadena Unified School District. The goal of this program is to focus on the problems and tensions involved in integrating an entire school community, and to enhance skills of…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Desegregation Methods, Graduate Study, Intergroup Relations
Van Dusen, Albert C.; Brictson, Robert C. – 1973
This report covers the third quarter of Phase IV of the University-Urban Interface Program developed at the University of Pittsburgh in 1969. Since the project is close to completion, the report briefly reviews the status of the various reports in each of five areas. These areas include minority and community services, campus development,…
Descriptors: Communications, Community Relations, Educational Programs, Governance
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Colfer, Carol J. Pierce; Colfer, Michael A. – Rural Sociology, 1978
The characteristics and interactions of Bushler Bay (rural Washington) locals and public employees are examined in terms of the concepts of universalism and particularism. Models of social organization held by these populations are also examined, and the role of scientific analysis in the conflicts characterizing their interaction is discussed.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Community Relations, Conflict
Grace, Nelson – Educational Comment, 1976
This article discusses the role of the Board of Community Relations of the City of Toledo in helping families resolve their conflicts with social service agencies, utility companies, businesses, and other agencies. Available from: PS 504 969. (JMB)
Descriptors: Community Relations, Community Services, Conflict Resolution, Family Counseling
Peppard, Nadine – World and The School, 1972
Descriptors: Community Relations, Essays, Higher Education, Human Relations
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Bowers, Norman E. – Journal of School Psychology, 1971
The author suggests ways school districts can diminish the possibility of legal action against them by parents who object to psychological testing. These suggestions are also aimed at permitting the psychologist to function in a more secure setting and be seen in a more positive light by the community. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Relations, Personality Assessment, Psychological Evaluation, Psychological Testing
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