Discussing whether or not the long-range effects of 2 highway construction projects in Appalachia will produce the expected results, the article concludes that highway expenditures are oriented toward aiding depressed people rather than the depressed geographic area. (KM)

Simulations were employed in a clerical skills training project for economically disadvantaged women in an attempt to relate the curriculum more directly to the student's needs. (AG)

Politicization helps produce coherent, though not necessarily mature, policy-thinking styles. The findings indicate the need to investigate policy thinking further. (Author)

This study found the work orientations of the poor and non poor to be similar; important implications are proposed. (Author)

The research reported here concerns differentials in occupation and family income between white and nonwhite populations of cities in the nonmetropolitan South. (Author)

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program of the Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture, seeks to improve the diets of low income families using paid nonprofessional workers called program aides, supervised by professional home economists, to deliver services. (Author/JM)

The follow-up investigation reported here compares the achievement-test scores of children in six Title 1 schools who had an eight-month preschool experience with the scores of children without that experience. (Author)

An analysis of the relationship between the public culture" and the poor, who are a necessary surplus population." Author concludes that either we must guarantee as rights life's necessities for surplus populations or we must restructure society so that no person is surplus." (Author/SP)

In empirical research, methods adopted and methods rejected should be stated so that readers and other researchers are convinced of its pedigree and usefulness. (IR)

Analyzes the evaluations of supermarket function and facilities in the neighborhood and outside, and attitudes toward correction of grievances of black and white females in Atlanta, Georgia. (JM)

Analysis of questionnaire data supported the hypothesis that representatives of the poor on an Office of Economic Opportunity poverty board were significantly different from representatives of the non-poor in selected demographic and socio-psychological characteristics. (Author/JM)