The historical, political and economic climate in the mid-1960's was ripe for a head-on collision between two conflicting ideologies. On the one hand, there was President Johnson's War on Poverty. The Head Start summer programs were begun in late 1964 as the archetype of the hope to improve the lives of the poor. On the other hand, was the…

Development and education in Appalachia and the Republic of Tanzania (Africa) are discussed in this paper. Major topics on Appalachia include geography, early settlers, history, the literary discovery of Appalachia, the missionary discovery of Appalachia, exploitation, depression and welfarism, and the Appalachian Regional Commission. Topics on…

The report of the New Mexico Smaller Communities Team under the Employment Security Commission provides manpower information on Mora County's resources. Included in this report are pertinent data on the labor force and population. Also included are the history of the county; resources; local government, schools and community services;…

The report of the New Mexico Smaller Communities Team under the Employment Security Commission (ESC) provides manpower information on Taos County's resources. Included in the report are pertinent data on the county's labor force and population. Also covered in this report are the history of the county; resources; local government, schools and…

"The People and the University" Conference, held at the University of California, Davis, on June 22, 1973 was concerned with redirecting research priorities for land-grant schools, particularly work done by agricultural scientists. Also discussed were the social and human implications of the work being done in the colleges. The presentations at…

This training program was designed to provide community college educators with a deeper understanding of the nature of poverty and the manner in which poverty and deprivation affect the students' ability to learn in the formal educational system. The program was divided into three basic segments. The first two segments, conducted during the first…

This document presents reports from the individual universities of Ontario on policies of undergraduate student aid and accessibility to the universities during the academic year 1969-70. In addition, it presents recommendations from the universities as to how student aid policies might be improved to increase equality of access. (HS)

The Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ has conducted two studies on the racial and sexual composition of public television employees: first, an analysis of the 1971 and 1972 Annual Employment Reports filed by most of the public broadcasting licensees, and second, an analysis of the racial and sexual composition of the boards of…

The author calls for a "cultural revolution" and urges a radical examination of the social myths and institutions by which we presently live our lives. He scores the present educational structure in America as a sacred cow which suits people for a life of consumption rather than action. In its stead he proposes a "deschooled"…

Outlines a partial framework of the range of concerns embraced by DuBois on matters pertaining to economic disadvantagement of black people, and offers some analysis of what the evolutionary process has yielded black people as economic participants and the implications of these facts for public policy today and tomorrow. (Author/JM)

The author critically analyzes (AA 529 030) the concept of "social modernization" and its meaning for different societies, particularly, in this research, for the rural people of eastern Kentucky. Discusses the idea of "conscientization" as it relates to social change. (RK)

Generally, the findings showed that blacks earn more if they have a wife and child. The effect of the marital position on earning was significantly lower for blacks than whites. No difference was found in the case of parental position. (AUTHOR/EDE)

The relationship of ethnicity and local tradition to family structure and attitudes among a lower socioeconomic sample of Honolulu's population is explored. Similarities are found not only among poor people from different major cultures but also between poor and nonpoor people within these cultural groups. (Author/AM)

Attempts to define the causes and implications of the failure of schools to educate fully a significant number of students from lower and middle class backgrounds and the failure of these students to absorb what the schools offer. Focuses on absenteeism and the dropout problem. Also examines past efforts to meet these problems in order to appraise…

Examines the question of whether or not whites gain economically from economic discrimination against Third World people with evidence from the 1970 U.S. census. It is found that whites do not gain from economic discrimination; on the contrary, white working people actually lose economically from such discrimination. It is argues that racism is a…