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Download full textVolkwein, J. Fredericks; And Others – 1993
A study of campus crime trends from 1974 to 1990 examines the relationships between campus crime and college characteristics. The research drew on merged national databases containing federal crime statistics, community demographic data, and campus characteristics. The results show that campus rates of both violent crime and property crime are…
Descriptors: Campuses, Colleges, Community Characteristics, Community Influence
Thompson, Daniel J., Jr.; And Others – 1984
To examine the relationships between the external environment in which a high school exists and the internal structure of the school, a study compared selected resource variables in Connecticut communities and the internal organizational characteristics of the 25 high schools in those communities. The literature suggests external environmental…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Centralization, Community Characteristics, Community Influence
Chilcott, John H. – 1986
Personal narratives were analyzed to determine if a pattern would emerge in the lives of Tucson, Arizona's successful Mexican American adults who had grown up in a traditional barrio without benefit of inherited wealth. Participants in the study were nominated as successful by their peers. Nominees who agreed to participate were given a life…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Biculturalism, Community Influence, Cultural Influences
Case, Elizabeth J.; King, Richard A. – 1985
Perceptions of the political behavior of superintendents in New Mexico vary widely throughout the state. Questionnaires and interviews were used to gather information from superintendents, school board chairmen, and state legislators concerning the frequency, extent, and kinds of political activity in which superintendents were involved. Four…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Community Influence, Elementary Secondary Education
Salganik, Laura H. – 1985
Reductions in resources and increases in external demands place schools under pressure that can be relieved to some extent by organizational changes. When resources are sufficient, these changes may take the form of technical rationality--that is, decisions concerning policy and practices are made on the basis of neutral, measurable data rather…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCotterell, John L. – Child Development, 1986
Examines the child-rearing attitudes and behavior of 96 mothers of preschool children living in mining and rural towns in inland Australia in terms of the influences of three factors outside the home: father's absence because of work demands, community characteristics, and mother's informational support. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Community Influence, Employment
Caldwell, William E.; Sites, Woodrow H. – 1983
Beginning with a review of recent literature on social conflict, this study adopts Coser's distinction between realistic conflict, which seeks to balance both sides of a disagreement, and nonrealistic conflict, which seeks domination by only one party. Where nonrealistic conflict develops in intense labor-management disputes in public school…
Descriptors: Board Candidates, Boards of Education, Community Action, Community Influence
