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Despain, Loy K.; Orrantia, Gilbert D. – Junior College Journal, 1971
Mesa Community College (Arizona) developed an open-house program for the surrounding Mexican American community to draw attention to the educational services available at the college. (CA)
Descriptors: Community Relations, Mexican Americans, Public Relations, School Community Relationship
Howard, Edward N. – American Libraries, 1971
PPBS (Programming Planning and Budgeting Systems) has an exciting potential for libraries in fostering improved community relations, assurance of a fairer share of the public purse, and confidence among all concerned that the emergent public library is focusing its resources on the highest priority needs of the community. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Relations, Library Expenditures, Library Planning, Library Services
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Herstein, Norman – Child Welfare, 1983
The role of the agency executive, reflecting multiple and sometimes conflicting demands, is discussed in terms of how power is wielded in an agency. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Arbitration, Board Administrator Relationship, Community Relations
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Laue, James H. – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1981
Conflict intervention employs an outside party to influence the outcome of a conflict by applying negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration. Originally used in labor-management disputes, these techniques have been applied in family and neighborhood disputes, in provider-consumer disputes, and in environmental and international…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Community Relations, Conflict, Group Dynamics
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Ochman, B. L. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1989
Differences between advertising and public relations are described, and basic elements of public relations are outlined: community relations, special events, and publicity. Examples of successful community relations and special events conducted by corporations are noted. Techniques for acquiring publicity are described using the acronym NEWS (new,…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business, Community Relations, Creativity
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Greenberg, Barbara – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
Authorized by Title X of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Community Relations Service (CRS) is a mediation service dealing with community racial disputes. CRS has spent much of the past three years working in Los Angeles and is now handling problem solving in multiracial, multicultural schools in Stockton, California. Workshop participants usually…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Conferences, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Pluralism
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Lambeth, Edmund B.; Aucoin, James – Journalism Educator, 1993
Argues that increasing students' understanding of communities can help them meet new standards of excellence in public affairs reporting. Describes several approaches to teaching that help prepare students to practice this new community journalism. Presents several teaching methods. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Relations, Higher Education, Journalism
Library Journal, 2004
This brief article focuses on the career and accomplishments of Coordinator of Information Services, New York Public Library (NYPL), Jane Fisher. Her professional and academic career has spanned the fields of librarianship, health care, and public administration. Based on her most recent experiences and advancements, she has learned how libraries…
Descriptors: Librarians, Public Libraries, Library Services, Urban Areas
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Prins, Esther – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2007
Based on ethnographic, participatory research in two Salvadoran villages, this article analyzes how features of the sociocultural setting bred discord and mistrust among the participants in an adult literacy program and other community residents, thereby undermining the program's goal of equipping "campesinos" to work together to improve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Program Implementation, Community Cooperation
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Shatkin, Gavin; Gershberg, Alec Ian – Urban Education, 2007
This article builds and explores the hypothesis that parent and community participation in school governance can have positive impacts on community development by fostering improvements in school performance and school-community relations and by acting as a catalyst for collective action around community-development issues. It does so through case…
Descriptors: Community Development, Parent Participation, Community Involvement, School Based Management
Webster, William E. – 1989
The second of six volumes in the "Elementary Principal Series," this booklet presents a framework to help beginning principals learn about their schools and the communities they serve. Principals should begin by reviewing key school documents, meeting with office staff, touring the physical plant, and getting to know the teaching staff…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Responsibility, Community Relations, Elementary Education
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Davies, Joann F. – Child Welfare, 1974
Discusses the special aspects of rural social work practice, and proposes to translate the Ginsberg concepts into tools for the rural practitioner and his country administration. (CS)
Descriptors: Community Relations, Interpersonal Relationship, Rural Environment, Rural Urban Differences
Goodfriend, Audrey – Nat Sch, 1969
Descriptors: Community Relations, Guides, Public Relations, School Administration
Bachelor, Evelyn – 1967
This guide contains a recommended, articulated series of instructional aids for grades kindergarten through 12 in family life education. Course content and curriculum materials for all grades are presented. Grouped under the heading of "Community Relations" are: (1) materials on parent education, public information, and community support; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Family Life Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
McCants, David A. – 1974
This paper presents a brief review of the ways in which a church has incorporated art activities, particularly drama, in its ministry. The contents of the paper include a discussion of the initiation of and planning for a church theater, a description of the activities offered as part of the drama program, an overview of the staffing of the drama…
Descriptors: Church Programs, Church Role, Churches, Community Relations
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