The black college can best serve its predominantly urban minority community by addressing itself to the problems of the city and developing viable urban related programs. Several types of program approaches and curriculum alterations are discussed from a functional perspective, based on the realities of present resources and future societal needs.…

This paper addresses the causes of urban fiscal difficulty in American cities by outlining the dynamics of six distinct processes. These operate differentially in many American cities; together they converged to produce the acute difficulties in New York City. They are, nevertheless, distinct enough to consider separately both for analytical…

The connection between knowing the truth and some version of how men should live has always guided those who would lead the university. Walls around a campus or geographic isolation cannot prevent social pressures from affecting the institution. Colleges and universities have always been politicalized. The danger lies not in that fact but in the…

The first half of this analysis of the Providence Social Studies Curriculum Project, a program which emphasizes college-school interaction in curricular development, includes discussions of problems and procedures of curricular change, evidences of change since the inception of the project, and background information on city problems which affect…

Investigates the validity of the stereotype that a city can be measured by its skyline by looking at the skyline boom of the 1960s, components of a skyline, factors of its importance, and ranking U.S. cities by their skylines. (ND)

Explores the failure of market and political solutions to a common civic problem: a shortage of winter parking spaces. Narrow self-interest and a lack of community mindedness are seen as sources of this civic problem. (JDH)

Traces the decline of national interest in the problems of cities since the abundance of federal legislation passed in response to the urban crisis of the 1960's. Asserts that, by the 1980's, economic changes had stimulated a new era of private sector domination in American cities. (KH)

How an urban university, the University of Portland, gave leadership and direction in solution of a problem of a neighbor high school is described. (Editor/PG)

Ghetto residents liken their communities to prisons as they comment on America's political, economic, and legal systems. (DM)

The NAACP claims that paper-and-pencil tests of candidates' fitness for administrative jobs fail to accurately measure qualifications. (Author/RA)

Despite stubborn problems, urbanologist sees steady improvement in city conditions. (Editor)

Argues that students should get a world perspective on America's social problems in social studies. (DB)

For several decades, the relative importance of process as opposed to task has been an issue in the literature. This study of the Model Cities program examines the relationship between program outcomes and the process and task orientations of program planners. (Author)