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Chugh, Ram L. – 1980
In 1978-79 about 50 organizations and 50 individuals in Potsdam, New York, were surveyed by questionnaire to: (1) identify services performed by voluntary social organizations and other publicly supported social organizations using voluntary help; (2) estimate the amount of volunteer work contributed; (3) analyze "reasons" which motivate…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Human Resources, Motivation, Problems
Peer reviewedRichardson, Joseph L.; Larson, Olaf F. – Rural Sociology, 1976
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Facilities, Longitudinal Studies, Population Trends
Download full textRichardson, Joseph L.; Larson, Olaf F. – 1975
Based on Edumund Brunner's three studies of 140 U.S. agricultural villages (1924, 1930, and 1936, 13 of Brunner's New York communities were examined in 1974 to determined in 1974 to determine changes in: (1) population between 1920 and 1970, (2) Dun and Bradstreet business listings between 1921 and 1970 (employment opportunities); (3) community…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Services, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This hearing focuses on the discretionary programs of the Education of the Handicapped Act, which cover research, technical assistance, information dissemination, personnel training, and model demonstration projects and activities. The testimony focuses on the significant percentage of disabled minority-group students not receiving special…
Descriptors: Black Students, Deafness, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
JOSEPHSON, CLIFFORD RUSSELL – 1963
IN A STUDY ON THE COMPOSITION AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM 783 BOARD MEMBERS OF 121 COMMUNITY CHEST AFFILIATED AGENCIES IN 51 UPPER NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITIES. RESPONDENTS WERE 65 PERCENT MALE AND 35 PERCENT FEMALE. ABOUT ONE PERCENT WERE NEGRO. SIXTY-THREE PERCENT…
Descriptors: Activities, Age Groups, Blacks, Doctoral Dissertations
New York State Univ. System, Albany. Office on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction. – 1977
This guide contains descriptions and credit recommendations for almost 800 credit courses in a wide variety of subject areas conducted by some 70 organizations in New York State. The organizations include business and industry, labor unions, professional and voluntary associations, government agencies, and other organizations whose primary…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Aviation Technology, Botany, Business
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This Congressional report contains the testimony and documents presented for the record at the second of two hearings on the effects of welfare reform and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. Other areas receiving particular attention from witnesses included the impacts of education and training on employment patterns…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Block Grants, Economics, Education Work Relationship
