Ghetto residents liken their communities to prisons as they comment on America's political, economic, and legal systems. (DM)

The ghetto has been a central element in American Literature for the past 50 years and perhaps the key to the recent upsurge in Jewish-American and Afro-American literature. (DM)

Extensive discussion of Puerto Rican culture and Thomas' life as depicted in his book. (SP)

Our society, polarized and dehumanized largely because of institutional racism and ethnic hostility, must eliminate conflicts between the races in the 1970's. (Author)

There are too few teachers and librarians geared to serving the ghetto children who might have the spark of genius. Our outreach programs to the disadvantaged and minority children have encouraged mediocrity. (Author/NH)

Suspicion and hostility of the ghetto population is cited as the reason for low return on research surveys. It is argued that survey research should be more closely articulated in goals and methods with the population being studied--a strategy called intervention research." (DM)

An experiment in the renovation of inner-city buildings opens union jobs for Negroes in the construction trades. (MU)

The growth of community colleges during the 1960's has been tremendous. These colleges offer 2 years of post-high school studies to prepare students for junior year transfers into a 4-year college and 2-year occupational studies program for students interested in technical and semiprofessional studies. (BC)

The 1970s witnessed a sharp growth in ghetto poverty areas and heightened economic hardship within them. Census Bureau definitions and measures of poverty have not been brought up to date. Researchers must ensure that their findings are interpreted accurately by those in the public who use their ideas. (DM)

Describes a day in the life of teachers and students at a Jewish elementary school in Berlin, Germany. On this 1994 mid-October morning, the school is under tight security, since skinheads began defacing Jewish graves, neo-Nazis started chanting in the streets, and Palestinian radicals began attacking German Jews. Education toward faith is the…

America is experiencing its most rapid change over, and it is necessary that this change be contained in a meaningful way. The main thrust of our recent changes has been in the direction of an erosion of belief in the American dream on the part of college students and ghetto residents. If the heart of the American experience is to be…

The purpose and approach of community mental health in the urban ghetto is discussed. Mental health service is viewed as an alien institution by the deprived citizen and institutions of the Kennedy era were naive the approaches from 1963 on were only new in ideals but not practice. Each center is meant to offer its community consultation and…