One of the unforeseen results of the Model Cities Program has been to increase the likelihood of black communities within cities becoming ghettoized. (MF)

A number of commercial and non-commercial stations have recognized their special responsibility to attempt to help society find a solution to the problems of minority groups. In this handbook, 51 case studies of special programing on the problems of minority groups are presented. The entry for each program gives the name of the station from which…

In this essay on education for the poor who live in urban areas is discussed how the problems of large cities relate to the educational experience of disadvantaged children. The inter-related development of middle-class suburbs, blue-collar neighborhoods, and the central city are analyzed. The basic argument is that segregation and fragmentation…

Details the charge that America's public schools fail to provide minority and poor children with the knowledge and skills needed to earn a decent living and to participate in the life of the nation. (Author)

Urges urban high school journalists and their advisers to assess the nature of press responsibility to report, interpret, and comment on community problems. (RB)

Traces the development of ideas about the city as a problem-ridden and punitive environment and explores the resignation and lowering of aspirations teachers may feel as a result of the prevalence of the view that the city is itself "the problem." (SLD)

The extent and severity of poverty in Minnesota were studied, and the changes occurring over the 1980s were noted. Also studied were the factors affecting the probability that a Minnesota household will be in poverty. Data addressing these questions are from the Minnesota Public Use Micro Sample of the 1980 and 1990 censuses of the United States.…

Before community development strategies are implemented, the study of complex multiethnic communities will identify the problems and needs of particular ethnic groups, needs common to more than one group, and needs which different groups might perceive in different ways. (SK)

The Science, Technology and Society (STS) curriculum has been developed to make the study of science and social and environmental issues appealing and meaningful to urban minority students. It focuses on concepts that students can relate to their daily experience and surroundings and also covers minority achievements in science. (DM)

Uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and the U.S. Census of Industries (1982) to examine the growth in metropolitan job decentralization on the incidence and duration of joblessness among young males. Overall, growth in job decentralization negatively affects the employment patterns of young minority men. (SLD)

Existing literature on drug dealing and inner-city adolescents was reviewed. Around one in six urban adolescents has had some involvement with drug dealing, with rates higher for African-American males males over age 16. For inner-city teenagers, there are many problems associated with drug dealing, and few efforts to prevent it. (SLD)

In October 1966 the Ford Foundation established a $10 million line of credit to encourage and assist Columbia University in committing a greater share of its resources and energies to urban and minority affairs. In September 1967 the Urban Center was established as an integral part of the University to administer the Ford funds and to increase the…

This study explores how residential segregation can be thought of in terms of an economic competition theory of minority-group relations. The model proposed is considered applicable to the American South, and with some modification, relevant to other settings. The objectives are: (1) to show that residential segregation indices are related to…

Focusing on race and gender as an explanation for the hardships faced by black males in America distorts the issues and leads to remedies that are ineffective or contribute to further marginalization. Solutions to the problems of black males must be found in the context of overall social and cultural change. (SLD)