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Fox, Shirley Robock – 1981
The State of Michigan, through its interagency Collaborative Initiative begun in 1979, has established local Interagency Collaborative Boards (ICBs) similar to work-education councils, in 30 of the 33 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsor areas in the state. These boards, unlike mandated councils, are not advisory to any…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Community Cooperation
Cunning, Virginia K. – 1976
This paper examines the role and variability of Greek ethnicity in Des Moines, Iowa, with special reference to the 230 persons who form the core group of the local Greek community. Operating tangentially to this core group network is another series of networks which operate intermittently to include new members of the community. Despite their low…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Church Role, Community Characteristics, Employment
Rosenzweig, Mark R., Ed.; Porter, Lyman W., Ed. – 1982
This volume contains 20 essays on current research in representative areas of psychology. The authors are professors and researchers at universities in the United States, England, Colombia, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, France, and Canada. A wide range of topics is discussed. Included among these are social psychology of intergroup…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Genetics, Higher Education, Information Processing
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1960
ABOUT 45 RECOMMENDATIONS IN SIX GENERAL AREAS OF CONCERN RESULTED FROM A REPORT BY THE COMMISSION ON INTEGRATION. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUSED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. THE CHILDREN CONSIDERED IN THE INTEGRATION STUDY WERE NEGROES AND PUERTO RICANS, ALTHOUGH NO DISTINCTION IS MADE IN THE…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Desegregation Methods
SCHERMER, GEORGE – 1964
THE CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES ARE BEING FACED WITH URGENT PROBLEMS AND TENSIONS THAT WILL NOT BE SOLVED BY SIMPLE SOLUTIONS OR FORMULAS. THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR DEDICATED LEADERS REPRESENTING ALL RACIAL, RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, BUSINESS, AND POLITICAL GROUPS TO REASON TOGETHER, TO COMMUNICATE, TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER, TO FORMULATE ACTION PLANS,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Biracial Committees, City Government, Communications
REISMAN, ARNOLD; TAFT, MARTIN I.
A UNIFIED APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF THE FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IS PRESENTED. SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES USED IN OTHER AREAS SUCH AS CRAFT, PERT, CERBS, AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH ARE SUGGESTED AS POTENTIALLY ADAPTABLE FOR USE IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF A SCHOOL IS TO ALLOCATE AVAILABLE…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Charts, Computers, Curriculum
Hurh, Won Moo; Kim, Kwang Chung – 1979
In the past the economic dimension of ethnic assimilation has usually been studied in terms of occupational discrimination. This paper argues that the economic dimension of ethnic relations can best be studied through a broader theoretical framework: occupational assimilation. Occupational assimilation includes the entire process involved in the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Economic Factors, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Relations
Bressan, Elizabeth S.
Inherent in all sport, dance, and movement activity are implied patterns of interaction between and among all participants and the relevant characteristics of their environment. Through these patterns children learn various structures of acceptable social behavior as defined by the roles-oriented value system of our culture. Eight different…
Descriptors: Athletics, Behavior Patterns, Children, Dance
Coggins, J.R. – 1967
Reported is an inservice workshop program for the faculty of the schools of Randolph County, North Carolina. The major objectives of the workshops were to improve the instructional program in the newly desegrated schools and to aid the staff in adjusting to integration. The progress report contains discussions of teaching in the desegrated schools…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement, Intergroup Education
Polgar, Sylvia Knopp – 1977
This study discusses the patterns of social interaction that develop when black and white children play together during the school day in free play periods. Observations were made of the regular sixth grade classrooms in two public schools. Both schools, one in a university town and one in a rural county, had approximately two thirds white…
Descriptors: Blacks, Classroom Desegregation, Elementary Education, Games
Smith, M. Estellie – 1977
Beginning in the 1870's mill owners in Texton, a New England industrial town of approximately 100,000 people, recruited Portugese labor. From then until 1920 many Portugese emigrated to Texton. From 1920-1960 the immigration of Portugese into America slowed as the result of the declining labor market, the war, and restrictive laws. Following the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Case Studies, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1973
The Task Force on the Resolution of Conflict was given the responsibility of examining the extent and nature of conflict and violence in high schools in California. To carry out that responsibility, the task force sought to identify factors which could contribute to tension-provoking and conflict-producing situations and to identify those plans…
Descriptors: Activism, Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Conflict
Casto, Glen; And Others – 1974
This cultural awareness course has been designed to help American junior high school age students integrate various dimensions of Puerto Rican culture with their native culture through an experientially based program of instructional activities. Lessons on the identification, demonstration, and discussion of behaviors indigenous to persons of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Culture Contact
Schmuck, Richard A.; And Others – 1970
This paper describes a pioneering attempt to create the role of organizational specialist in a school district. Needs for organizational specialists are cited, the implementation and training of specialists is described, and the strengths and weaknesses of the project are detailed. Suggestions for other school districts are given in a final…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Group Norms, Intergroup Relations
Riley, Marvin P. – 1965
South Dakota is the home of a small religious group known as the Hutterite Brethren. The members of this sect live in small cooperative colonies in the northern United States and in several provinces in Canada. The Hutterites are unique in that, while using modern agricultural technology, they have isolated themselves from the main current of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Collective Settlements, Cultural Background, Family (Sociological Unit)
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