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Download full textBruno, A. Lee; Wright, L. M., Jr. – 1980
This study examines how jobs are created in rural areas by or with the help of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs involved with local economic development activities. It consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 reviews literature pertinent to the historical perspective and key elements of economic development, economic…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Career Education, Case Studies
Fletcher, Wendell; Little, Charles E. – 1981
The new demands being placed on the rural land base--for agricultural production, for energy and minerals, as well as for economic development--are considerable, and rural areas today face the difficult challenge of finding ways to accommodate new growth and development, while at the same time ensuring that essential activities and the inherent…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Conservation (Environment), Economic Development, Energy
Beaulieu, Lionel J. – 1979
Agriculture and the railroad were significant forces in the development of Suwannee County, Florida, formally created in 1858 but explored and settled beginning some 300 years earlier. Lumber and cotton caused an early 20th century boom in the county which soon saw the negative effects of both industries. The introduction of tobacco in the late…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Area Studies, Attitudes
Kocher, James E.; Fleisher, Beverly – 1979
Rural development is understood to mean both the increased productivity of agriculture and other rural economic activities and the enhancement of the material well-being of the rural people (who comprise about 90% of Tanzania's 16 million population) through education, improved health, and better nutrition. Seven hundred and sixty-one books,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Obura, Willis Bill – 1977
Rural Africa includes some 80% of the African population; its people are poverty stricken, illiterate, ill-sheltered, and ill-nourished. These circumstances make rural development absolutely vital. However, past rural development policies have failed to take into consideration the structure and division of labor in the farm family, the traditional…
Descriptors: African Culture, Agricultural Trends, Change Agents, Community Development
Deniozos, Demetris – 1980
The need for research capacity in developing countries and the traditional role and structure of universities in Greece are considered. A scientific and technological research capacity is viewed as a prerequisite for economic development. Until now universities have been highly specialized teaching institutions directly subordinate to the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Instruction, College Role
Taylor, Daniel B. – 1980
Vocational Education can play a key role in revitalizing the American economy particularly through research and development in four areas: economic development and productivity, equity and access, youth employment, and energy. It can enhance productivity by identifying innovative vocational education programs successful in enhancing community and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Development
STOLLER, DAVID S., ED. – 1967
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS ABSTRACTS OF TECHNICAL NOTES. THE TECHNICAL NOTES ARE WORKING PAPERS OF THE DIVISION OF OPERATIONS ANALYSIS AND ARE BEING CIRCULATED BY MEANS OF DEPOSIT IN THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. (HW)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Age Groups, Bibliographies
WATSON, CICELY, ED. – 1967
THIS BOOK COMPRISES THE MAJOR PAPERS DELIVERED AT A CONFERENCE ON MARCH 20-22, 1967, SPONSORED BY THE POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AN ADVISORY UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN ONTARIO. THE CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVE PERSONS FROM DEPARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT, UNIVERSITIES, AND MAJOR SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS CANADA. THE CONFERENCE…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Vincent, Jack E. – 1980
This monograph presents findings from an analysis of data on international conflict over a three-year period. Part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their ability to analyze international relations, this monograph reports on the testing of relative status field theory on WEIS conflict data for 1966-1969 for…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
Margolin, David, Ed.; Ortiz, Roxanne Dunbar, Ed. – 1979
Proceedings from a seminar on economic development for American Indian reservations include reports on panel discussions and an analysis of a questionnaire responded to by 113 Indian seminar participants. The report on Session One, "Traditional Indian Economies in New Mexico: Values," covers a discussion on traditional roles and patterns…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Change Strategies, Community Control
Bronfman, B. H. – 1977
As part of a continuing effort to assess the social impacts on communities of energy facility planning, construction, operation, and decommissioning, a May 1977 survey of 37 community leaders in Hartsville, Tennessee (site of a nuclear power plant) establishes major local issues (past, present, and future) which leaders feel are important to…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Planning
Tiemann, Adrian R. – 1979
Sociology will more meaningfully address social change within the private sector if it considers the relationship between business planning and the constraints which operate on industry in the sphere of technology implementation. Specifically, sociologists should incorporate realities of business planning into industry-related models if sociology…
Descriptors: Business, Business Education, Cooperation, Ecology
PERLMAN, JACOB – 1965
THIS PUBLICATION IS THE SIXTH ANNUAL INVENTORY OF RESEARCH PROJECTS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND WHICH DEAL WITH THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THE INFORMATION INVOLVED IN THIS DOCUMENT WAS COMPILED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE USE OF SCHOLARS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND OTHERS…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Agriculture, Cultural Influences
Leadley, Samuel M. – 1968
The general purpose of the research was to describe a specific instance of instigated social change, while the goal of the research was to identify and describe social factors influencing the rate of adoption of an innovation. Beal's social action process model, Warren's community organization model, and Rogers' adoption process model provided the…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Resources, Economic Development, Innovation
