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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
Commonwealth Education Liaison Committee, London (England). – 1967
A TOTAL OF 118 DELEGATES AND OBSERVERS REPRESENTING 24 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND BRITISH TERRITORIES AND A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ATTENDED A CONFERENCE TO HELP EACH PARTICIPATING COUNTRY SECURE THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN ITS ARRANGEMENTS FOR EDUCATING AND TRAINING TECHNICIANS. RECOGNIZED EXPERTS PRESENTED THE MAIN THEMES…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Conferences, Curriculum, Developing Nations
Deitch, Kenneth M., Comp.; McLoone, Eugene P., Comp. – 1966
This bibliography lists 724 books and articles dealing with the economics of education. With a few exceptions, the listings begin with 1950 and the majority have been published since 1960. Areas covered include (1) theory of human capital, (2) textbooks, (3) collected readings, (4) the political economy of education and broad social concerns, (5)…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development, Educational Benefits
Lloyd, Antony John – 1967
This first survey of community development in Canada attempts to give a conspectus of activities past, in progress, and planned, in the communities of the socially and economically deprived Indians, Negroes, and Eskimos. It examines the extent of commitment of federal and provincial governments to community programs and projects, and comments on…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bibliographies, Blacks, Community Development
Hoffer, Charles R. – 1964
As the concept of community is changing, emphasis in community analysis is changing from a geographic focus to examination of interest clusters within a geographic location. Village communities are declining while town-country communities are becoming more numerous. The suburban community is a recent development, and although it develops its own…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Church Role, Community Characteristics, Community Development
Bussey, Ellen M. – 1967
The Seminar, a joint venture of the Agency for International Development and the Labor Department of the United States, brought together 29 participants from 20 developing countries for the purpose of exchanging ideas and experiences on manpower programs and planning efforts. These proceedings are the result of notes taken by reporters during the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Conference Reports, Demography, Developing Nations
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