The impact of urbanization, the main tasks facing the adult educator in an urban context, identifying the casualties of urbanization, recognizing and dealing with social deprivation, and the various agencies involved in adult education are relevant considerations for adult educators. (MW)

Three models are elaborated that predict an association between urbanism and nontraditional behavior. Secondary analysis of American survey data on religiosity, church attendance, and attitudes toward alcohol and birth control confirm the general urbanism-deviance association and suggest the accuracy of the model which regards such behavior as due…

The struggle between the country and the city has always been a part of human history, but with the industrial revolution, large societies possessing urban attributes came into existence while the cities proper began to lose their bounded autonomy. Entire populations are now transformed into a single industrial economy, even though they may live…

An effective attack on the massive problems of urban education in New York will require maximum cooperation among all school board members, regardless of their location in the State. As agents of the State, all school board members are legally responsible to all citizens of the State. As citizens, board members should be aware that population…

This paper attempts to analyze contemporary Moroccan attitudes and policies toward the cities by tracing their antecedents, and by describing their evolution. It is structured around four central questions about Morocco's urban policy. (1) What exactly did the "French tradition" and the "French influence" entail in regard to…

American schools have been credited with building American democracy. This is a myth which has been largely responsible for the resistance of today's schools to needed change. Exposing this myth are records of several major urban school systems which show the high rate of school failure among the urban poor since before 1900. These statistics have…