The rationale and modus operandi of the Urban Coalition are discussed. Activities are concentrated in four major areas: support of legislation, communications, organization of local community coalitions, and development of programs in housing, entrepreneurship, education, employment, etc. School superintendents should become involved in a…

This literature review, based on abstracts of documents announced in RIE, compiles information on public school finance. Twenty-one documents, published since 1963, are discussed. Topics include finance methods, urban school budgets, innovations for budget planners and school managers, and financial objectives. (LN)

The Los Angeles City Schools, following a plan of educational renewal, are experiencing major changes through an ongoing, orderly process called "decentralization." To assess the progress being made, a task force study was undertaken to determine what mid-course corrections might be necessary and what additional information might be…

The purpose of this book is to concentrate on the effects of urbanization on education at all levels--an aspect which has, of course, been mentioned explicitly in the literature concerned with problems of urban growth, though usually in the context of social problems, town planning, etc. What is attempted in this volume, therefore, is to present a…

The purposes of the present study were to ascertain the sensitiveness of higher education associations to the involvement of colleges and universities in urban affairs and to encourage the associations to give increased attention to the urban involvement of their members in their programs and activities. It was found that only 19 of the 55…

The interaction between major metropolitan universities and their urban communities has become a matter of national concern. The increasing intensity of our urban problems and the growing public awareness of them have made these problems a top domestic priority. At the same time, universities, once perceived as cloisters for ineffectual academics,…

The Student Consultant Project (SCP) at the University of Pittsburgh is designed to bring technical assistance from the university to ghetto community businessmen. SCP represents a working model of student involvement with social action, an ongoing effort within the community emphasizing cooperation between the university and 1 of its…

Analyses suggest that monthly rate of change in rat complaints is best explained by procedures which increase agency visibility, time-dependent cycles dictated by agency operation and intervention, and dynamics of a rat population. Effective rat control occurs when blocks are environmentally improved and annual cycle links weakened. (Author/MA)

Concepts and practices employed in Third World countries for conserving space and energy in urban areas are described. Suggestions are offered for applying some of these ideas to an apartment complex on Roosevelt Island, New York. (GC)

Urban universities can serve as catalysts in bringing together disparate groups to develop a measure of hope for an improved quality of urban life. (Author/AM)

Analysis of data on citizen contacts with the Cincinnati municipal bureaucracy reveals some possible racial and social discrimination in treatment of citizens, but no discrimination by income. However, municipal administrators appear mostly to be exercising neutral competence in their dealings with citizens, and not always to the disadvantage of…

This article examines the effects of racial change in adjoining community areas on local delinquency rates. Evidence is presented that external contingencies have a significant effect on local rates of delinquency. (Author/JDH)

Notes that to one degree or another, every city in America faces an exodus by middle-class, largely white citizens, but there is a black middle class flight also. (Author/AM)

In the development of the Bicentennial celebration as it relates to blacks in urban centers, this paper focuses on three salient areas: survival of urban centers; strategies for urban survival; and prospects for the future. (Author/AM)

This is an annotated resource guide for those interested in recent hunger and food insecurity studies. Objectives, methods, and key findings of each study are summarized, and contact information for obtaining the report is given. Studies are grouped by survey location and listed chronologically by publication or release date within each geographic…