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Morrison, Sarah A. – Center for the Study of Social Policy, 2020
Over the last decade, The California Endowment (TCE) has invested in 14 communities that have historically been marginalized and denied opportunities for their residents to thrive. The initiative, known as Building Healthy Communities (BHC), focuses on creating places where children are healthy, safe, and ready to learn. Del Norte and Tribal Lands…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Community, Community Development, Health
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Bauer, Ros – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2018
The Whole of Community Engagement (WCE) initiative commenced in July 2014, led by the Office of Pro Vice Chancellor of Indigenous Leadership at Charles Darwin University (CDU). WCE aimed to build the aspiration, expectation and capacity of six remote and very remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory to participate and achieve in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Higher Education, Access to Education
Williams, C. A. – 1971
Six challenges which are felt to be facing the Extension Service, both for the 1970s and the remainder of this century, are presented. They are: (1) assessment of priorities, (2) effective program development, (3) program balance, (4) staff development, (5) maintaining effective relationships, and (6) faith and commitment. It is felt that those…
Descriptors: Community Development, Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement, Extension Education
Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1969
Volume I, "Development Prospects and Problems," is part of a 2-volume compendium of study papers intended to serve as a resource document for members of the Joint Economic Committee, other members of Congress, and those who are concerned with formulating and executing effective policies of economic development for American Indian and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Development, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged
Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1969
Volume 2, "Development Programs and Plans" and "The Resource Base," is part of a 2-volume compendium of study papers intended to serve as a resource document for members of the Joint Economic Committee, other members of Congress, and those who are concerned with formulating and executing effective policies of economic development for American…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Development, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged
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Squires, Don – Education in Rural Australia, 2003
Australian rural communities often suffer from psychological isolation in addition to geographic isolation. Human and social capital are powerful antidotes to psychological isolation and are closely dependent on learning. Rural schools can reverse the negative effects of isolation on educational outcomes if they first work on building human and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Community Development, Disadvantaged
Lloyd, Antony John – 1967
This first survey of community development in Canada attempts to give a conspectus of activities past, in progress, and planned, in the communities of the socially and economically deprived Indians, Negroes, and Eskimos. It examines the extent of commitment of federal and provincial governments to community programs and projects, and comments on…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bibliographies, Blacks, Community Development
Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Ottawa (Ontario). Experimental Projects Branch. – 1968
This Canadian annotated bibliography provides 41 items on community planning, community action, community services, and participation, followed by eight related publications on aspects of communities and of social change. Manpower development, human services, dimensions of poverty, and strategies for change are emphasized. Also included are a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Blacks, Community Action
Kusimo, Patricia S.; Keyes, Marian; Balow, Nancy; Carter, Carolyn S.; Poe, Renee – 1999
A conference on economic development, education, and rural community engagement brought representatives from higher education, government agencies, and education research together with experts in community revitalization and activism to discuss how efforts might be coordinated across disciplines to accomplish lasting reforms in poor, rural…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Disadvantaged, Economic Development