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Depatie, Raymond; And Others – 1975
The focus of this study was to identify schools, located on the Island of Montreal, which may be called "disadvantaged area schools", or, in other words, to identify schools in which a considerable proportion of the students come from disadvantaged areas. Three factors are discussed which are said to produce considerable difficulties in…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Characteristics, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth

Sawyer, James A.; Nickens, John M. – College and University, 1980
The validity of a number of criticisms of community colleges' success in extending educational opportunity to students of low socioeconomic status was studied in 15 Florida community colleges. The results of data analysis of former community college students are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Data Analysis
Adams, John F.; And Others – 1977
Focusing on the factors inhibiting the labor market's adjustment to economic change, the study examined the economic and social problems facing southern rural areas and populations, including Chicanos and migrants. Factors were in the areas of the labor market behavior, income and earnings, poverty, welfare system and welfare reform, manpower…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Black Employment, Economic Development, Economic Research