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Urban Needs = Educational Opportunities Monday, June 30 9:00 Welcome by Mayor Ivan Allen 9:30 A Case Study presented by the service-learning players 11 :00 Service-Learning in Action in Atlanta -- up-to-the-minute report 12 :15 Needs of Urban America luncheon address 2:00 Seminars on service-learning concept and programs 5:30 Social hour 7:00 Educational Needs of Young, People -- dinner address Tuesday, July 1 9:00 Service-Learning and National Programs, an exchange with national officials of the Teacher Corps, VISTA and the Peace Corps 11:00 Workshops A . Service B. Learning C. Curriculum D. Finance E. Research F. Methods and Programs 12: 15 Service by Youth luncheon address 2:00 Workshops resume 4:00 Workshop reports and discussion 5:00 What Next? 5:30 Conclusion �- THE ATLANTA SE~~ICE--LEARNIN~ ~ONFERENCE Atlanta shares with other major American cities its needs for increased services and its large population of college students -- some 40,000 in the metropolitan area. In an attempt to explore ways to meet urban needs, to offer students a more relevant education, and to bring campus and community closer together, Atlanta students, city officials, higher education faculty and staff, regional and federal agency officials are jointly launching the Atlanta Service-Learning Conference. - Research: How are students' educational and career choices affected through participation in service-learning programs? Methods and Programs: How should a service-learning program be designed for implementation on a large scale? Laboratory Among the work group participants will be members of the Atlanta Urban Corps and other service-learning programs which will form a practical laboratory for the Conference. Meeting Series Information Exchange and Results The meeting on June 30 and July 1 marks the opening event of the Conference. The Conference will continue for six month,5 and will sponsor periodic meetings to considn major dimensions of the service-learning concept. The Conference will foster the exchange of information among participants and with interested persons in other metropolitan areas. It is already sponsoring surveys of student manpower resources in the urb an area, of the needs Gf the public and voluntary agency sectors for student manpower, and of prese nt college a nd univers ity programs helping to fill these needs. A wrap-up meeting and publication is planned for the coming winter, when pla ns for continuing the examin ation of servicelearning an d extending service-learning programs will be considered. Work Groups In exploring the service-learning concept, work groups will be formed to concentrate o n particular aspects of the idea. These work groups, and a typical question t o be posed to each of them , are listed below: Service: How can the student make a maximum contribution in his short term assignment? Learning: What learning can take place during the assignment? Curriculum: What are the implications of the service-learning idea for curricular development? Financing: What is an equ itable distribution of cost among the host agency? the college? the government? Participation Participation in the Conference is open to all persons and groups interes ted in sharing information on service-learning programs. Inq_uiries may be addressed to: Atlanta Service-Learning Conference Peace Corps, Southern Region Suite B-70 27 5 Peachtree Street, N .E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 �The Atlanta Service-Learning Conference invites you to its inaugural meeting Urban Needs = Educational Opportunities at the White House Motor Inn, Atlanta June 30 --July 1, 1969 The first in a series of m eetings planned for 19 69 by sponsors of the A tlanta Service-Learning Conference, including: The City of Atlanta T he Atlanta Urb an Corps Economic Opportunity Atlanta Th e Colleges and Universities of Atlan ta Department o f Health, Education and Welfare The Sou thern R egional Education Board Volunteers in Service t o America The Peace Corps �