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Gondolf, Edward W. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1986
Presents a model developed from seven interrelated social factors to help diagnose various kinds of community conflicts. To verify the model and illustrate its utility, the standoff over the Berm Highway routing in Alton, Illinois, is analyzed. Findings suggest the importance of broadening the participants' definition of the situation through more…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Problems, Land Use, Models
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Middleton, Holly – College English, 2007
Focusing on students' responses to an 1876 writing assignment at Illinois Industrial University (which would ultimately become the University of Illinois), the author analyzes ideological tensions that occurred as the United States found itself revising the pastoral image of the farmer in an increasingly industrial age. (Contains 9 notes.)
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Ideology, Intellectual History, Historical Interpretation
Krumbein, Eliezer; And Others – 1969
The principal goals of the Institute were to implement equality of educational opportunity and school desegregation in eight Illinois communities, through the training of eight Community Teams, consisting of professional public school leaders and community leaders. The initial status of each community, the processes in which they engaged to…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Community Leaders, Community Problems
Oliver, Donald W.; Newmann, Fred M. – 1968
See TE 499 864, above.
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Organizations, Community Problems, Court Litigation
Wesley, Robert M.; And Others – 1977
This report presents the results of a pilot study designed to test the feasibility and desirability of establishing a statewide human resources inventory and information system to support the community service role of Illinois community colleges and upper division universities. The information system would provide a centralized source of data on…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Codification, College Role, Community Colleges
Lasley, Paul, Comp.; And Others – 1986
The 12 states comprising the North Central Region have been affected in similar ways by the farm crisis of the 1980s. Statewide surveys show sizeable proportions of farm operations that are experiencing moderately high levels of financial stress. The problems caused by chronic stress on family structure and functioning, the loss of mainstreet…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Action, Community Problems, Economic Status