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. -~ - - - - - - - - - - -··· ·----- I(athy McGrath, Editor . P ~ USI Saturday, July 5, 1969 Service By JUDY HIPPLER College a c t i v i s t s demand m ore re'.evanc education and c i-ties desp 2rately need manpower a nd intel lig·c nce to meet urban needs . Th e Atlanta Ser. vice-Lea111ing Confc-rence m ay help solve both problems. The first meeting in a sixmonth series about student in. vol ve ment in co mmunity pr ob- · ]ems was held Monday and Tuesday. The 200 persons attending studied ways for Atlanta 's 50,000 col lege students to · receive eredi-t whPc participating in community service. Th e me eting was· sponsored by the City of Atlanta, Atlanta Urba n Corps, Economic Opportunity Atlanta (E OA)' and the Department of Health, Educa1. tion and Welfare. Also the Peace Corps, Volunteers in Service ito America (VI!::TA), Snlh e-rn Regional Edt1cation Board and Atlanta colleges and uni ve rsi lies . "These a re troubl ed times," said Bill Alli son, who will become EOA director July 16. "Our campuses are witnessing a re volutionairy response by young peopie who want to do something about ·the world they live in. What happens on cam- ...,; J pus cannot be scparatod from wha,t happens in lru•ge.r society." PEACE CORPS DEPUTY DIRECTOR ENDORSES SERVICE-LEARNING CONCEPT 'l'om Houser Speaks iMwcen Representatives of VISTA, Morehouse CoUcgc and Urban Corps �/ ,f I •. 111 . 1,p 11 I t' 011 " NC1'ds o( 1 America " at lunch Mon' ) . !le urged cooµcration be•. •;c l' . universities and govern.1 .. :- • and private agencies to ,.,:"(. mutua[ problems. ··R r c:ognition bl1at academic 1 . ..i. ·Jrger communities have a '::'<,, • wn interest is long over·r !1e said. "Now is the time r. ;· ... cm to work together. Par.::.:ip,_tion is the name ?f t~e _; . .-ii ..: and service-lear.mng 1s ,•: , ·a:; participation can be re·t , . z: . ,, -r;1[ s~rvice-learning concept _. '. .. ~ experience au-I.side the .·· _, com broadens education. · : .e Peace Corps has been in

,_ ,., 1siness of scrvi:ce-Jearning

. _lJout eight years," said ..., . .-rouser, Peace Corps dep, , irec~or. "Most returning •! : ( ers say they learned,

.han they gave."

E CONCEPTS ·· ,\,· in VISTA are trying to .; ne the concepts of educa:.,.. , ·:,peri ence and comm~ty _:· , : e," said H. J effrey Bind a, , , · u t i v e assislait to the

, . . director. The purpose

1r education-action pro·•. 1. , is to aid 1th disadv.ln_,; and do something for the ,, :... r. ecrs."

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1()nts can already serve in

c r c di t th~m many think," claimed Bincia. A member of the School of Educa,tion's curriculum committee said Georgia State Co1lege already gives some credit for par ticipation in tutorial programs. Mrs. Sara Reale said students can tutor disadvantaged children three hours a week and receive · three hours credit. A former Tulane Un.iveristy studer.t said a new course there with academic sredit w.ill £ea- . · ture community srrvice . Yet it's :-?ot easy to persuade university administrators t o give credit. WANT RESuLTS "CurricuT.wn committees are jealous of their · courses," said Agnes Scott College graduate Tara Swarlse-J. "They're hesitant •to let students out of the ciassroom into the field unless they ::ec definite results." Mayor Allen welcomed partlcipanLs Monday to the two-day confe1·ence. Speakers inc1,uded: U.S. Commissionei· of Education James E . Alfen J r. , Atlanta d p u t y adm!nlst!'ator Dan Sweat Atlanta· Urban Corps direct~r Sam 'williams and White House speech writer Lee e a c e Jorps, VISTA, Heubner. Also, U1 ban Corps Nn• • , ... 1 ,.r Cl)rps and Urban Corps tional Development Office direc. . t , , ,ost colleges do not give tor Michael Goldstein, Georgia ·, Lciit for this service. :_ Tech president Arthur G. Han·I · much simpl~r to ,ap• • I ' , • Turn 'to ':rage ·s:L ' vu-:' I ti university' for C6urse . • ·: • 2 0 U§ Continued from Page 1-L sen and Upward Bound director Ed Ducree. Six group• semina.rs interspersed with speeches focu.sed on S"l'Vi c, l arning, curncu- Str. rf Photo-Joo MoT»l't QUESTION I HOW CAN COLLEGE COURS~S .~E MORE: ltl.-:LEVAN'r_? Service-Learning Participants Try to Fwd the · Answer J.um, finance, methods and programs and research. A play presented Mon?UY morning lllustrntc~ th service, lenrnlng co11ccp_L ·A Dr~~,d Approach lo Rapid Transi t fea 1urcd hora t:crs c,. "Vic" Lea !er, Ahle N. Willing, Mrs. - Minn Orily and 0. L. McDonald from EIElO (Environmental Inv sligo lions with Economic Impact Office). Education commissioner Allen said extending classroom theory into govqrnmen:t wcrk i~ a :;step toward re1.evant educat10n. Atlanta d e p u t y administrator Sweat stressed the need for stt: c' :nt involvement in communir.; problems, " Students of today can im) vide a valuable service io tl ,1 ommunil 1," 11 nid, "Tll,' r,i , I sources of the acac!em!c ' munity must ~e libera.te·~: 1 a support.s the scn·1c:l'·1•, · Jng eo~cept. We w::iut tu )1 part of what you':-c dolng, hope you'll be a pnrt uf we're doing1 too." The service-learning C0'1 ence wiT,l continue t 11r months with periodic mee··::~ , _ , I �