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Brown, Richard V. – Educ Telev, 1970
A description of WJCT's total news and public affairs effort" directed toward giving the citizens of Jacksonville comprehensive coverage of local issues and a means through which to respond to these issues. (Author/AA)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Problems, Feedback, Public Television
WRIGHT, PETER C.; AND OTHERS – 1965
AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF LITERACY IN A REPRESENTATIVE VILLAGE OF RURAL GUATEMALA. THE COMMUNITY, EL JOCOTE, HAS A SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY DOMINATED BY CUSTOM AND TRADITION AND HAS ONLY MINIMAL CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. MEMBERS OF FOUR FAMILIES FURNISHED DATA BASED ON LITERACY TESTS AND BOTH STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS. FINDINGS…
Descriptors: Children, Community Problems, Community Study, Cultural Differences
Oehrle, Adrienne A.; Fadely, Dean – 1992
In the fall of 1990, the community of Gainesville, Florida, needed information concerning the brutal murders of five local college students. These serial slayings disrupted numerous "scripts" of life in the typical college town and produced a blanket of uncertainty, fear, and hysteria which enveloped Gainesville. College towns are…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Problems, Coping, Discourse Analysis
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1966
The Florida State Plan for community service and continuing education, submitted to entitle it to participate in federal funds under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965, includes sections on policies and procedures for selecting community problems and institutions; duties of the State Advisory Committee, appeals from institutions, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Community Problems
Florida State Board of Regents, Tallahassee. Office for Continuing Education. – 1967
A TOTAL OF 29 PROGRAMS IN TEN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN FLORIDA WERE FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT DURING 1966 AND 1967. HUMAN RELATIONS AND MINORITY GROUPS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY WELFARE WERE THE MAJOR…
Descriptors: Attendance, Community Problems, Community Services, Evaluation
Carter, Keith A.; Beaulieu, Lionel J. – 1980
Although the institutional structure of destination communities may remain unchanged by migration, the socioeconomic structure may be directly affected. Data from a statewide survey in Florida indicate that interstate migrants (who have lived in Florida less than 5 years), intrastate migrants (who have lived in Florida more than 5 years but in the…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Leaders, Community Problems, Community Size
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1970
Rapid social change has brought with it conflicts which are manifest in the institutions of the community, particularly the school system, which latter has become a focal point for social, political, and judicial action. Mechanisms for problem solving must be established at all levels throughout the school system. A system of communications must…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Educational Problems, Human Relations Programs, Interschool Communication
Beaulieu, Lionel J. – 1979
Agriculture and the railroad were significant forces in the development of Suwannee County, Florida, formally created in 1858 but explored and settled beginning some 300 years earlier. Lumber and cotton caused an early 20th century boom in the county which soon saw the negative effects of both industries. The introduction of tobacco in the late…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Area Studies, Attitudes
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Inst. for Social Research. – 1968
Florida State University's Urban Research Center serves a rapidly growing seven county area in east central Florida; under Title I of the Higher Education Act, the Center increased its service through a uniquely designed research-education program for public administrators, the purpose being to identify and alleviate community problems. The 2,000…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Problems, Conferences
Beaulieu, Lionel J.; Anderson, Deborah S. – 1979
In 1977 leaders of Hardee County, Florida, listed relationships and attitudes of residents, rural atmosphere, environmental conditions, and economic potential among the county's strong points, and public service and facility improvements, developing economic potential, recreational and entertainment development, and planning and zoning as its most…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Area Studies, Attitudes, Community Development
Farrar, Elizabeth B. – 1986
In Belle Glade, Florida, a slum populated by Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, migrant farmworkers, and Haitians, where the incidence of most major health risks was far greater than anywhere else in the state, a program was planned and partially implemented which aimed to provide health services to at-risk, disadvantaged teenage mothers and their…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Community Action, Community Health Services, Community Problems