The value of the humanities is obvious to anyone who has looked to literature for insight, to philosophy for wisdom, to the arts for pleasure. In an effort to demonstrate how the humanities can help modern society deal with some of its most pressing and complex problems, the National Endowment for the Humanities gives grants for scholarly research…

Consisting of a set of closely related studies of urban spatial structure, this monograph focuses on the decentralization of metropolitan areas. Foremost is the belief that decentralization, or suburbanization, lies at the root of most of the social problems that plague urban areas. Therefore, an understanding of the process is basic to policies…

This is a simulation game and a part of the environmental education program developed by the Highline Public Schools. The game emphasizes why a city is formed, how it grows, where it develops, and some problems with which it must cope. It is designed to be used with elementary students in the intermediate grades. The materials were tried and…

The interrelationships among income, health, education, employment, and crime in metropolitan areas are explored within the context of current trends in housing, transportation, and urban growth policy. The role of inner city schools in these phenomena is assessed. Alternative metropolitan strategies for central city investment or disinvestment…

Concludes that "community development block grants are operating very differently from the model cities program, but they are no more effective in achieving national purposes. If those purposes are to cut red tape and to encourage cities to spend money on public works, then this program may be a great success." (Author/JM)

One factor leading to the "invention" of modern adolescence was what the reformers saw as the corruption of youth by the city. The plight of youth set the stage for a child-saving movement during the last century, taking youth off the streets, putting them in schools, and stretching out the home-leaving age from 14 to 18. (Author/KS)

Describes the evolving emphasis of schools of urban planning from concentration on scientific management, beautifying cities, and educating the public in the 1920s to solving the social problems in the 1960s. Calls for a collaboration of business and other professional schools to redefine the function and purpose of urban planning schools to…

Describes a 10-city satellite teleconference, "If Not Us, Who?" produced by the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise and the Community Telecommunications Development Foundation. Issues discussed included redirecting gang violence into more productive activities, funding mechanisms for solving neighborhood problems, and strategies for…

These papers share perspectives on crime and justice. The following lectures are included: (1) "Crime Control, the Police, and Culture Wars: Broken Windows and Cultural Pluralism" (George L. Kelling); (2) "Race, the Police, and 'Reasonable Suspicion'" (Randall Kennedy); (3) "The American Experience with Stimulants and Opiates" (David F. Musto);…

Case study focuses on Omaha, Nebraska, between the years of 1880 and 1920, where closer examination of ethnic residential patterns have established that around the turn of the century, clustering of national groups did not exist in degrees as strong as assumptions about the American ghetto'' suggest. (RJ)

Problems in urban education stem from problems in urban living. (MF)

The role of the teacher has broadened to that of an instructional leader who provides the impetus for quality education. (DM)

The Program of Continuing Education in Urban Affairs of the University of Minnesota's General Extension Division acts as a clearinghouse and consultant service, provides clerical and administrative services for the Minneapolis Council of Community Councils and the Association of St. Paul Communities, and runs lecture series and one day…