This report contains hearings held to determine the advisability of passage of legislation setting up universal lunch program demonstration projects. It contains statements by food service association representatives, a superintendent of schools, and by Congressional Representatives. (JF)

Three before-and-after questionnaire studies were made to test the effectiveness of a simulation game called "Ghetto." In this game the player takes the role of a poor person living in an inner-city slum neighborhood. The education purpose of the game was to increase the players' understanding of the obstacles and hazards that the poor…

In the fall of 1969, a program to expand educational opportunities for economically disadvantaged students was initiated at Macalester College in Minnesota. During the preceding academic year, 3% of the Macalester students were non-white, whereas by the fall of 1972, just 3 years after the program was initiated, the non-white percentage had risen…

The purpose of this study is to obtain information concerning procedures and programs established for disadvantaged graduate students. The means used for gathering this information was a 3-part questionnaire which was sent to the deans of the 287 graduate schools belonging to the Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S. The first section of the…

A series of data collection and general methodological needs which were encountered in the course of research study on the communication and value patterns of the rural poor, as part of Northeast Regional Project (NE-68) "Paths Out of Poverty" are given. Section headings include: Data Collection: Design and Testing; Data Collection-Field Work;…

It is the contention of this article that cyclical diminution in the unemployment rate, while obviously beneficial in reducing black unemployment, also exerts an independent influence on the occupational distribution of black workers. (Author)

In a study of economically disadvantaged college freshmen it was found that the only significant differentiating factor between them and the average student was grades. (JD)

Forty-seven infants at-risk for mental retardation were divided into a group that received early day-care intervention and a matched control group that did not. (Author)

Since intensive preparation for the Scholastic Aptitude Test can positively effect scores, coaching and tutoring centers are springing up to serve mainly middle class clients. This article describes a Northeastern University (Boston) model to counter this inequity by preparing Boston innercity students for the test. (MLH)

Addresses the problem of why the millions of hard-core illiterate American adults are not being reached by adult basic education programs. Three factors are cited as frequent reasons for nonparticipation: (1) age, (2) satisfaction with present situation, and (3) poverty. (JOW)

Only when the family in our society is guaranteed economic stability and integrated service supports will it be free to contribute to society's development. (Author)

This issue brief presents data on the cost of child care, collected from local child care resource and referral agencies (CCR&Rs) surveyed by the Children's Defense Fund. The report's key findings on the high cost of child care are: (1) child care for a 4-year-old in a child care center averages $4,000 to $6,000 a year in cities and states…

An exploration of the positive aspects of nutrition education programs aimed at improving the diets of low-income persons in underdeveloped countries. Results of programs concerning undernourished infants from birth to three years old in three communities in Mexico are presented. When, what, and how nutrition education questions are discussed. (LK)