Concrete suggestions for improvement of university-community communication and relationships. (CH)

A SURVEY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS OF THE LOCAL JUNIOR COLLEGE AND ITS FUNCTIONS WAS CONDUCTED BY PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH 367 RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDERS. OF THOSE INTERVIEWED, 52.6 PERCENT HAD NO OPINION ON THE COLLEGE, 37.9 PERCENT FELT THAT THE COLLEGE WAS PERFORMING WELL OR ADEQUATELY, AND 9.5 PERCENT FELT IT WAS NOT. IN…

THIS CONFERENCE WAS ORGANIZED AROUND A 2-PART THEME, CONSISTING OF (1) THE JUNIOR COLLEGE'S COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AND (2) SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WITH EMPHASIS ON PRIVATE SOURCES OF FUNDS. SPECIFIC TOPICS INCLUDED PUBLICITY, THE IMAGE OF THE COLLEGE IN PRINT, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, THE MACHINERY FOR DEVELOPMENT, GIFTS, AND…

This paper describes an evaluation of the Child Development Fellowship Program at Boston Children's Hospital which was instituted to provide training to pediatricians (Fellows) in the developmental psychology of normal children. The training objectives for the program are listed briefly and the program evaluation techniques are described and…

A study outline plan for three different kinds of educational parks--(1) the horizontal type, (2) the vertical type, and (3) the pyramid type is presented. Each is discussed, not as definitive proposals, but rather as a basis for study and discussion. The study was written in the hope that it will stimulate public and professional discussion…

The development of more than 325 short radio talks, designed to inform the general public, on the relevance and contemporaneity of classical civilization to our times, is discussed in this address. Materials are derived from a wide range of sources and include such writers as Cicero, Plautus, Horace, Ovid, Quintillian, Aeschylus, and Plutarch.…

This 2-part report on experiential learning is a product of the University Governance for Community Relations aspect of the University of Pittsburgh University-Interface Program. This report highlights some of the major issues concerning the development of the experiential learning component in higher education. To facilitate this discussion, a…

The authors describe a collaborative effort in physical education between a Chicago public school district (K-9) and the University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign. The project is designed to (1) develop a curriculum guide, (2) establish pre- and in-service programs, (3) create a teacher center, and (4) improve community-physical education teacher…

Consensus practices, modes of operation that a newspaper develops which promote community unity, were not found to be related to news coverage or profits but were found to be a function of the size of the community in question. (KS)

The author emphasizes the need to train teachers of gifted and talented children as change agents to win public support for gifted programs. (SBH)

More and more colleges believe they should live for and with their communities, not just in them. Two ways to help bring about mutual understanding and appreciation are identified: establishing two-way communications with targeted groups and leaders, and building public appreciation through projects that meet community needs. (MLW)

Confrontations have arisen between local communities and universities involved in molecular biology research. The situation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is described in which citizens have opposed work undertaken at Harvard and MIT. (LBH)

Interagency cooperation at all levels involves material and personnel. Not only must the material be sufficient, but the personnel must be enthusiastic and cooperative. (MF)