This kit concerns school board policies that support better school public relations. Its function is two-fold: (1) to draw the board's attention to the importance of getting policy guidelines down in writing; and (2) to provide source materials helpful to the task. There are three underlying premises developed by this kit. The first is that…

This kit concerns school board policies that support better school public relations. Its function is twofold: (1) to draw the board's attention to the importance of getting policy guidelines down in writing; and (2) to provide source materials helpful to the task. There are three underlying premises developed by this kit. The first is that…

Several aspects of college-community relations were discussed in this review. In the avocational realm, as well as the vocational, the 2-year college can serve the special needs and interests of the community. Short courses, lecture series, concerts, leisure activities and services, and community use of campus facilities help the community college…

The documents in this kit, second in a series on Research for School Board Members, analyzes the continuing rise in teacher militancy, the causes and effects on public education, community relations, methods of teaching and administration. Also discussed is the responsibility of School Boards and their administrators in dealing with the teachers…

A discussion of selected issues and some solutions to the problems associated with fostering good community relations for those colleges that find themselves a part of the community, i.e., the fast-growing community college as well as small private colleges. (WL)

This paper examines in detail how higher education serves the larger public good, focusing on how higher education assesses and accounts for its service to society. It begins with a brief description of how the civic education of students and institutional service to society are defined for the purposes of this paper. It then discusses assessment…

The objectives of Chicano Studies as a philosophy of education, as a system of institutional units, and as a method of relating to the individual Chicano, to the Chicano community, and to the society are discussed. (NQ)

Summarizes a study made to determine the causes of the escalating university-community tension across the nation. The study focused on campus form (the layout of campus buildings, the spatial distribution of campus activities, and the corresponding form of the surrounding community) as a factor in university-community tension. (Author/DN)

Fictitious case study describes personnel problems in an attempt to provide an elementary school in a Mexican-American town in Texas with a community agent responsible for designing parent participation programs. Absence of any training causes the agent's rapid resignation. (MF)

Discusses the problems of regional policies for life-long education in Finland in relation to objectives, resources, population distribution, mobility, supply and demand factors, and administration. (RB)

The article contends that today's counselor should have the foresight to anticipate the roles that will be required of him. Counselors, with their training and their obvious community interaction are in the best position to be the school coordinator for community involvement. (Author)

Providing background information on a dispute between the Holdeman Mennonites and two Alberta farming communities in which the Mennonites established schools, this article seeks to explain the differences in conflict level through analysis of ideological and structural differences in the two communities. (JC)

A superintendent evaluation should focus on four elements: curriculum improvement, educational management, community relations, and fiscal affairs. (JM)