The 3-year Citizen Leadership Program was designed to develop citizen-directed planning in Wisconsin. The first year focused on citizen involvement in land use planning; the second year, on community goal setting; and the third year, on community development projects. A representative group of 30 citizens participated in the program's workshops…

This textbook provides a curriculum for administrator preparation courses based on guidelines established in 1979 by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Advisory Committee on Higher Education Relationships. Each chapter provides ideas for successful practices and suggested activities to provide actual experience in each area…

The 1979 Project Leadership-Service Conference, focusing on promoting the "Leader as Servant" leadership philosophy and facilitating self-discovery and personal development of participants, was conducted at Camp Miniwanca in Michigan for 50 Marion County high school seniors and 125 inner-city elementary school 6th graders from…

A program was conducted to develop and motivate minority women, in particular Hispanic origin women, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area to participate in business ownership and management. Offered at no cost to participants, the training program sought to equip potential managers with information and techniques in the fundamental…

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, THROUGH A GRANT FROM TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT, IS ESTABLISHING AN INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, WHO WORK AS SUBPROFESSIONALS. THESE AIDES ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE PROVIDING A BROAD…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY PRESENTS 36 CITATIONS OF THE MORE CURRENT LITERATURE ON HUMAN RELATIONS TRAINING AND RESEARCH, MOST OF THEM WITH ABSTRACTS. THE ABSTRACTS HAVE BEEN GROUPED AS RESEARCH AND RESEARCH REVIEWS, MONOGRAPHS AND REPORTS, AND JOURNAL ARTICLES. THE DOCUMENTS ARE MOSTLY DATED 1966 AND 1967. (PT)

PROCEEDINGS FROM THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF EXECUTIVES OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF, APRIL 12-17, 1964, INCLUDE PAPERS ON ADULT AND HIGHER EDUCATION, TEACHER, COUNSELOR, AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING, RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, SUMMER PROGRAMS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND THE…

THE INTERAMERICAN CONSULTATION ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT WAS ORGANIZED BY THE ADULT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AID). REPRESENTATIVES FROM EIGHT LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, THE UNITED STATES, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE PEACE CORPS, UNESCO, UN, AND AID ATTEMPTED…

DRAWING EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND COMMUNITY ACTION FROM THE UNITED STATES, PUERTO RICO, IRAN, INDIA, KENYA, AND 14 OTHER COUNTRIES (MOSTLY DEVELOPING NATIONS), THIS CASEBOOK STRESSES COOPERATION BY TRAINED COMMUNITY WORKERS AND VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT. SEPARATE SECTIONS DEAL WITH MEANS OF DEVELOPING RAPPORT…

THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN TRAINING AFRICAN HEALTH SPECIALISTS IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT LEADERSHIP TRAINING HAS BEEN GIVEN LITTLE ATTENTION. SUCH TRAINING SHOULD HELP THEM OVERCOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS, DEFINE ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE, RESOLVE STATUS DIFFERENCES, AND GET COOPERATIVE…

EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE GOAL-ORIENTED. HIGH-LEVEL LEADERSHIP MUST DEFINE ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND CHANNEL ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. STUDIES WERE MADE BY HUMRRO IN MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND SMALL GROUP EFFECTIVENESS. IT WAS FOUND THAT POTENTIAL SQUAD LEADERS, SELECTED FOR ABOVE-AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE AND…

One of 33 self-paced instructional modules for training industry services leaders to provide guidance in the performance of manpower services by public agencies to new and expanding private industry, this module contains three sequential learning activities on identifying the functions of various agencies involved in industry service activities.…

An approach is described for decreasing the costs and difficulties associated with providing adequate feedback to the student concerning his interpersonal performance when he performs operational tasks in simulated or actual job situations as part of his training. The computer is used to assist in the process of eliciting appropriate feedback from…

An evaluative and historical report is presented of 38 university extension programs proposed in Tennessee during Fiscal Years 1966, 1967, and 1968, under Title I (Higher Education Act of 1965), together with a list of 13 programs completed prior to June 30, 1967. The University of Tennessee, East Tennessee State University, Memphis State…

All training materials prepared by the New Jersey Community Action Training Institute are briefly described in five sections of this catalogue. Sections are--training packages (syllabuses, curriculums, and schedules of each Institute training program, some with evaluations), training handbook, booklets, and brochures, case studies, discussion…