In response to the growing need to provide health and social services to rural America, the conference addressed the political, economic, and social issues involved in providing appropriate health and social services to rural residents. A cadre of individuals from various disciplines presented alternatives and solutions to these issues. This…

The proceedings of the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development's seminar and the meaning and implications of social commitment in higher education are reported. The welcoming address (S. Nasution) and the opening address (Y. B. Dato' Murad bin Mohd. Noor) welcome the participants and set the tone for the discussions to follow. The…

The responsibility and relationship of the Asian system of higher education to the masses is the theme of these proceedings of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development (RIHED) joint conference. Objectives of the conference were the following: (1) to examine the…

This book aims to provide a comprehensive history and analysis of the operation and evolution of Project Head Start. The volume consists of 23 original articles covering program history, the preschool education and developmental components of Head Start, and Head Start program development and evaluation. In Part One, the historical roots of Head…

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES 589 SELECTED REFERENCES IN VARIED AREAS RELATED TO THE MULTI-DISCIPLINED APPROACH TO POVERTY. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME HISTORICAL ITEMS, MATERIALS DATE FROM 1960 TO JUNE 1966 AND ARE READILY AVAILABLE. FEW UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED. THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT TIMES AS MANY AMERICAN REFERENCES AS CANADIAN.…

Using multiple regression analysis for each county and a case study of selected services in Johnson County, Iowa, the study estimated the impacts of rural non-farm development in Iowa on the demand for local public services, on the cost of providing these services, and on the distribution of service benefits and tax burdens among population…

In an effort to identify and assess the social, economic, and political effects of nuclear power plant construction and operation upon two host communities (Plymouth, Massachusetts and Waterford, Connecticut), a post-licensing review revealed that the primary impact of the nuclear power plants in both communities was an increase in the property…

Standards developed for agencies over a 3-year period are presented. The following are provided or specified: a manual of procedures for agency self-study, an agency and community profile, agency function and structure, financial accounting and service reporting, personnel administration and volunteer service, physical facilities, public relations…

The 14 papers in this book discuss and suggest ways of dealing with the effect of poverty and discriminatory race relations on education. The bulk of them were developed for a series of 28 television programs, which later served as the basic unit for the 1966 institute for teachers on the disadvantaged at Tufts University. The subjects treated are…

The basic purposes of the President's Panel on Retardation and the significance, impact, causes, and effect of the problem are reviewed, and improvements suggested. Each section presents basic data and opinions, gives both specific and general recommendations for improving or expanding services or developing new programs, and indicates whether…

The reversal in migration patterns in the 1970's resulting in a net population flow from metropolitan (urban) to nonmetropolitan (rural) areas may have a variety of rural development consequences. Sizeable population increase in rural communities which traditionally have experienced net out-migration or very slow increases is evident in Maine…

This report by New York's Temporary State Commission on Child Welfare discusses a study conducted to determine why the laws pertaining to freeing and placing children for adoption, and the administrative machinery implementing these laws, have failed, and to recommend remedial action. The report is divided into three major sections. Part I, The…

For over a hundred years the federal government has been underfunding its treaty obligations and other commitments to the Navajos. As a result, much of the reservation economy now operates at the level of bare subsistence. Deficiencies in social overhead capital have brought on even more marked deficiencies in industrial and commercial capital.…

This report describes and evaluates the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP) in St. Petersburg, Florida, one of 11 demonstration sites of this Head Start-affiliated program. The cooperation of community service agencies and the combination of the roles of homebased teacher and social worker into the role of home visitor were major strengths of…

This report describes the nation-wide evaluation of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP), a Head Start-affiliated program designed to elicit community and family involvement in fostering optimum development of preschool children and their families. Evaluations of the planning, initiation, and implementation phases of the program at each of…