Experience with the 1970 Chenango Development Project (CDP), a rural anti-poverty project initiated by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell, led to concern with development and testing of purposive social change models, the role of action oriented social scientists, and the involvement of social science departments, colleges, and…

An exploratory study was made of county workshops designed to plan programs for the poor to see if there would be an increase in verbal participation and later program participation, and if expressed needs would be different when representatives of the poor spoke of their needs before agency personnel discussed programs. The workshops were part of…

In this study 50 black students from an all black liberal arts college in North Carolina and 48 white students from a branch of the University of North Carolina were each asked to respond twice to 30 belief items--once according to the way he felt they should be ranked, and then "as he felt someone of the other race, black or white, would…

The research reported here was supported by funds granted under the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act. Part 1, "Theoretical Vantage Points," includes discussions of economic disadvantagement, the culture of poverty, and poverty versus equality of opportunity. Part two, "Socialization and Learning," includes a discussion of the transmission of…

Upward Bound at Wayne State University consists of a pre-college program at Mercy College, The University of Detroit, and Wayne State, followed by continuing involvement with the students during their first year in college. Funding, staff, philosophy of the staff, and philosophy of the program are discussed. In choosing staff members, quality…

Offered by the City University of New York, SEEK (Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge) is an educational opportunity program concerned with high school graduates from poverty-area neighborhoods who would not have been admitted to college on the basis of their grades, but who have potential for college in terms of basic ability. A…

The historical study of the plight of Mexican Americans is divided into 3 sections. Part I relates the beginnings of Mexico, from Spanish injustices to the Indians to how the Indians felt about Black men. Various historical facts are briefly presented. Part II treats Mexico's efforts to become a republic, various aspects of the wars between…

A project investigated a way in which early intervention into the lives of babies might break the poverty cycle. Major objectives were to find out whether the use of disadvantaged paraprofessional women as Parent Educators of indigent mothers of infants and young children enhanced the development of the children and increased the mother's…

The 1967-68 Teacher Training and Reading Institutes constituted the third cycle of a program funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and performed under contract with the New York City Board of Education. The main objective of the training institutes was to provide teachers with training and insights particularly…

Young men enrolled in the eighth grade during the 1949-50 school year in 11 eastern Kentucky counties were subjects of a follow-up study on the effects of migration and education on careers and opportunities. The study was limited to those individuals residing in the same 11 counties plus the Ohio Valley-Kentucky area. Some 307 subjects were…

San Miguel County, one of the larger, older, and more predominantly Spanish American counties in New Mexico, is located in the north central section of the State. Marked by varied topographical and climatic characteristics, the county was once one of the more prosperous and densely populated areas of the State. Today it suffers from high rates of…

This report describes the first Public Policy Seminar, sponsored by the Black Child Development Institute in the summer of 1972. The seminar was designed to provide the opportunity for information-sharing, awareness of federal policy making, and a channel for minorities involved in child development at the community level to exert pressure and…

The thesis that intelligence is based on heredity was dramatically revived in 1969 by an article in the "Harvard Educational Review" by Arthur Jensen, a psychologist at the University of California at Berkeley. The article, which received wide attention, was sharply criticized by those who hold that it is environment rather than genes which puts…

The report presents information about client families and their farms during their contact with the Vermont Rural and Farm Family Rehabilitation (RFFR) project from March 1, 1969 to June 30, 1971. Data are from 450 family case histories which include 2,089 members. Most were from northern Vermont. Families averaged 4.64 persons each, about 1 more…

This book discusses the findings and recommendations reported by Task Force VI of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children, Inc. concerning the broad mental health needs of American youth. The Commission offers a number of proposals designed to narrow the present gap between the poor and the affluent and to eliminate fragmentation and…