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van Es, J. C.; Schneider, Judy B. – 1981
The Logan County (Illinois) Community Resource Development Council, assisted by sociologists and graduate students from the University of Illinois, designed an attitudinal survey which was administered in 1980 to 324 graduating seniors from 3 Logan County high schools to determine why students were leaving the county after graduation and what…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Attitude Measures, College Bound Students, Community Satisfaction
Abeille, Barbara – 1979
A 3-month pilot study conducted from April-June 1979 with 16 major informants provides information for constructing a preliminary model of female life in Mauritania. An introduction gives definitions for terms used differently in Mauritania (tribe, ethnic group, and class) and discusses examples of each. The study (based mainly on repeated…
Descriptors: Change, Decision Making, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Easley, Edgar M. – 1978
As part of a panel on rural education, Dr. Edgar M. Easley spoke on the topic "Urban-Rural Education - Relieving the Tension". Based on findings from literature of adult migration to urban areas, Dr. Easley stated the following implications for adult education teachers and administrators: (1) that the tension found in rural migrants related to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Blacks, Counseling
Download full textSouth Dakota State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. – 1978
The Charter is intended to help shed light on rural youths' transition from education to work, and results from the 1977-78 activities of eight rural councils of the Work-Education Consortium. Recognizing the wide diversity of definitions for rural and nonmetropolitan, and understanding that rural youth are faced with economic and educational…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Planning, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Arnow, Beth – 1978
A study of alcohol and drug use among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Orange and Lake counties (Central Florida) was conducted in 1978 to determine substance abuse among migrant and seasonal farmworkers, the subgroups with substance abuse problems, the farmworkers' knowledge of and attitudes toward alcohol and drug treatment programs, and the…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Agricultural Laborers, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism
Miller, Michael V.; Maril, Robert Lee – 1978
Relative to other urbanized areas, the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas consistently ranks at the bottom in regard to almost every objective indicator of socioeconomic welfare: per capita income, educational attainment, employment, and health and housing conditions. The 1970 census discovered that approximately one-half of its population,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Area Studies, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged Environment
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1978
Nearly 8,700 migrant students (73% at the elementary level) participated in Idaho's 1978 migrant education program which emphasized oral language, reading, and math skills for all students, and career preparation (driver training, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, GED skills) for teenagers. Of the 33 participating school districts, 30…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Bilingual Education, Career Education, Educational Programs
Metcalf, Ann; And Others – 1978
Contrasting the differences between a non-Indian child abuse/neglect center with an Indian model, this report highlights the qualities of the Urban Indian Child Resource Center (CRC) in Oakland, California. The non-Indian concept of the cause of child abuse/neglect, based on the abused/neglected childhood of the parent, is compared to the Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Campbell, Rex R.; And Others – 1980
Five types of counties (College-Professional, Urban, Recreational-Retirement, Extractive, and Most Rural) were identified among 83 counties in the Ozark-Ouchita Uplands in order to determine educational and health impacts resulting from the "population turnaround" of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Variables were computed from…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Change, Community Health Services, Community Resources
BERTRAND, ALVIN L. – 1960
TODAY, ONLY 1 OUT OF EVERY 8 PEOPLE IS A FARM DWELLER, AND THIS RATIO DECREASES BY 4 PERCENT ANNUALLY. AS A RESULT, THE STUDENT DISTRIBUTION HAS BECOME EXTREMELY SKEWED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE URBAN SCHOOL, WHILE RURAL SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CURTAIL NEEDED SERVICES. CONSEQUENTLY, THE RURAL STUDENT LAGS ABOUT 2 YEARS BEHIND THE URBAN STUDENT…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Economic Status, Educational Benefits, Farm Occupations
Young, Bruce – 1975
The study described the development of the New England Farm Workers' Council, Inc., and documented significant interactions among selected elements of the Puerto Rican migrant farm labor system in the Connecticut Valley. These elements were the migrant farmworker community, the farm labor employers, and agencies of the federal government and of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Trends
Jaffe, A. J.; Carleton, Zaida Carreras – 1974
This report separates Puerto Ricans into four major subgroups: those who were born on the mainland and live either in New York City, or elsewhere in the United States, and those who were born in Puerto Rico and live either in New York City, or elsewhere in the United States. The report places considerable emphasis on those born on the mainland. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Rate, Demography, Economic Factors
Wegmann, Robert G. – 1976
The available literature on white flight, or, more properly, school resegregation -- the phenomenon of white withdrawal (total or partial) from desegregated schools -- is reviewed in this paper which also reports some new research in this area. The distinction is made between those schools located on the fringes of the inner city, which first…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Disadvantaged Youth
Textor, Robert B.; And Others – 1971
This monograph is the summary report of the "Education and the Rural-Urban Transformation" (ERUT) portion of the United States Office of Education research contract concerning "Content and Instructional Methods of Education for the Economic-Political-Social Development of Nations." The ERUT team conducted a continuing seminar throughout the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Development, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences
Aran, Kenneth; And Others – 1973
The document consists of teacher-developed resource units on Puerto Rican history and culture for junior and senior high school students. The objective is to help students understand and appreciate cultural diversity which can serve as a source of unity and pride rather than divisiveness and enmity. Teaching techniques include class discussion,…
Descriptors: American Culture, Annotated Bibliographies, Course Content, Course Objectives
