Community and Individual Development Association (CIDA) City Campus is a private business college that provides bachelor's degrees to economically disadvantaged students in South Africa. CIDA's model of management education is in stark contrast to conventional business schools, which are not accessible to or adapted to students from extreme…

A new approach to solving contemporary social ills calls for cooperation among Federal and state governments, local communities, and business. It provides a realistic, results oriented method of solution. (Author/LY)

A first glance at almost any policy document generated by a bilateral or multilateral donor agency reveals a familiar rhetoric of participation, partnership, community, good governance, growth and strong democracy as key ingredients for a successful development program. While some critics of this rhetoric argue that this is merely a recasting of…

Doing business at the base of the pyramid is a topic of increasing interest to business practitioners and academics. Base of the pyramid business offers the promise of great economic gains for companies and the possibility of a powerful new approach to alleviate poverty. At the same time, it may threaten local culture and independence while…

A review of three basic types of poverty programs suggests that programs designed to increase employment are not necessarily superior in a welfare sense to simple transfer programs. (CH)

Reviews book about the accomplishments of the Economic Opportunity Act during its first four years of operation from 1964-1969. (BC)

Two discussion papers, commenting on the main article, are included: (1) "Community Action: The Limits of a Developmental Framework by Martin Rein, and (2) "For the Advocate and the Innovator by Franklin M. Zweig.

American Indian organizations in Chicago grew both in size and number during the 1970s. The lasting impact of War on Poverty programs and the passing of the Indian Education Act of 1972 and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 served as significant factors for the development of these organizations. Alternative American Indian…

THERE ARE THREE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE EDUCATOR MAY DECIDE THAT PROGRAMS SHOULD BE PRESENTED BY MACHINE RATHER THAN IN BOOK FORMAT--(1) WHEN THE PROGRAM REQUIRES PRESENTATION OF A WIDER RANGE OF STIMULI THAN IS POSSIBLE IN MORE CONVENTIONAL FORMATS, (2) WHEN THERE IS NEED FOR MORE CONTROL OVER STUDENT PERFORMANCE THAN IS POSSIBLE IN BOOK…

What the federal government needs to do is to coordinate a broad national level of evaluation of specific intervention programs at the local level. A unified and coordinated evaluation approach is needed at the national level that utilizes "outside" and local evaluators considered to have technical expertise and professional integrity. (Author/ER)

Literature on the national poverty war is examined, focusing on concepts of community action and resident participation as contributors to adult education of the poor for improved social and civic competence. The literature is found to demonstrate positive, though limited, aspects of participation as civic education. (AG)

Supports Dr. Leonard Reissman's argument that poverty programs have failed not because the poor lack drive but because they lack opportunity. (RJ)

"Quality Counts 2007" begins to track state efforts to create seamless education systems from early childhood to the world of work. This special issue of "Education Week" includes the following articles: (1) Improving Children's Chances (Lynn Olson); (2) Spanning a Lifetime (Christopher B. Swanson); (3) Breaking the Cycle of Poverty (Lynn Olson);…