Demographic data since 1970 indicate a reversal of the centuries-long process of increasing metropolitan concentration and a sharp diminution in the flow of black migrants to large cities. To date, there is no evidence of sharp shifts in the residential isolation of blacks. (Author/AM)

Part I of this resource guide contains listings of instructional materials, computer-assisted instructions, classroom activities and teaching methods. Part II deals with the knowledge base of population education. These publications are divided into 11 topics including: (1) demography; (2) documentation; (3) education (including environmental,…

Despite the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948, the issue of the human rights of ethnic minority groups is widely ignored in the United States--both in policy and as an issue worthy of examination. In this country and abroad, violations of human rights continue to take place regularly; minority group…

This bibliography on urban sociology cites studies which discuss the structures and processes of urban society from an historical and comparative perspective. Although it includes studies that discuss population growth, decline, size, and density, the prime concern of this bibliography is not with urban demography. After a brief look at some…

This study determined Alabama legislators' perception of the Auburn University Cooperative Extension Service, and the extent to which selected factors were associated with their perception of the objectives, programs, and clientele. It was hypothesized that there is no association between legislators' perception of certain elements of the Auburn…

The OISE Educational Planning Department launched a research program to determine the current patterns of fertility and migration of the Ontario population, with a view to subsequent investigations into the interrelationships between population growth and shift and education. Demographers and educators engaged in demographic research related to…

Psychology and Population is defined as the study of individual dispositions and behavior that affect the size, structure and dispersion of the population, and the way in which acts of individuals enter into the dynamics of population change. Even this definition was viewed as inadequate, ignoring, as it does, the reciprocal effect of population…

The philosophy of, and approach to, national socioeconomic development planning are discussed in this second annual report and review of the Canadian Council on Rural Development. The first chapter seeks to define essential elements of the question of development (1) by describing in broad terms some socioeconomic disparities which exist within…

This paper aims at projecting present Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) trends into the 1970's so that association leaders can assess these directions in the light of societal conditions predicted for the 1970's, determine which trends should be changed, and identify the kind of intervention necessary to effect such changes. Projection is…

A collection of administrative documents from the African Adult Education Association includes the following: recommendations on training for adult education in Africa (prepared January 1969); resolutions of the Association's conference on continuing literacy, held in Kampala, Uganda in January 1968; the fiscal regulations in force for 1969/70;…

This booklet contains selected papers from three conferences which had common objectives: to enable federal, state, and local officials to study the complexity of legal, social, economic, and psychological constraints on youth as well as the agencies created by these laws; to review the critical factors in urbanization, their relation to…

Measures of the implementation of an individualized curriculum in 52 classrooms at the second-grade level are presented. The study also uses the measures of classroom processes to help explain student achievement on standardized tests of reading and mathematics. The classroom process data are further analyzed to see if systematic differences occur…

Despite large rural areas, the United States is basically an urban nation, particularly since the extensiveness and variety of communication networks, rather than open spaces, determine the true degree of urbanization of a region or community. A region is urban to the extent that its interpersonal and media channels are developed. The metropolitan…

This research study was undertaken to elucidate the conflicts between urban universities and their neighbors that are related to the form of the university proper, and the university district. The effects of the university campus on the neighboring community and the ways in which the two interact must both be considered aspects of institutional…

The National Consultation on the Church in Community Life was held at Ohio State University for the purpose of bringing into focus the ecumenical process for the reevaluation, redefinition, and revitalization of the Catholic Church's mission in nonmetropolitan America. Papers were presented in the areas of theological perspectives, understanding…