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Download full textLAWRENCE, G.H.; LONG, L.M.K. – 1965
NATIONAL TEACHER CORPS INTERNS ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM FOR TEACHING THE DISADVANTAGED (TYPICAL NUMBER OF 35 TO 40 PERSONS) WERE RATED BY FACULTY MEMBERS AT EIGHT UNIVERSITIES ON (1) ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, (2) TEACHING AND FIELD PERFORMANCE, (3) RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DISADVANTAGED, (4) PERSONAL STABILITY AND STRENGTH, (5) INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS,…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Disadvantaged, Evaluation, Faculty
National Book Committee, Inc., New York, NY. – 1967
THE SPECIAL, INNOVATIVE SERVICES EXTENDED BY PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO POVERTY-STRICKEN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ANALYZED IN THIS STUDY, BASED ON FIELD INVESTIGATIONS BY SURVEYORS FROM THE LIBRARY FIELD AS WELL AS AN EXAMINATION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS, REPORTS OF RESEARCH, AND LITERATURE ON THE SUBJECT. THE UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY AND APPROACHES BEHIND…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Services, Disadvantaged, Federal Aid
O'Donnell, Carolyn, Comp. – Head Start Childhood Research Information Bulletin, 1969
This compilation of 57 abstracts is directed to the educational community interested in research activities related to Head Start. The purpose of Volume I is to publish resumes of current research reports involving Head Start children. The research projects are concerned with ethnic factors, evaluation of Head Start programs, community influence,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Disadvantaged, Educational Research
Pender, David R. – 1969
Cities, as centers of urban culture, have not successfully met the special needs of the urban poor or of the rural poor who have migrated to the cities. A new strategy recommends that the poor (black or white) would be in a better position to break the poverty cycle if they were able to create their own "implanted communities" outside of existing…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Disadvantaged, Environmental Research
Manpower, 1971
Despite a tightening job market and a shortage of matching funds by the states, the Work Incentive Program made good progress last year. (BH)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Birnbaum, Martin M.; And Others – 1967
Education and Neighborhood Action for Better Living Environment (ENABLE) was planned as a process in which guided group discussions for parents could provide opportunities, within a social context, for identifying and exploring family and community concerns; plans for neighborhood and community action could encompass insights gained, directions…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Bibliographies, Community Action, Community Surveys
Davies, Mary; And Others – 1966
Federal programs which provide or assist in providing job-oriented education and training to prepare people for employment are described. Government inservice staff training programs, training provided in the Armed Forces, general aid to education, and programs to aid in the construction of facilities or acquisition of materials are excluded.…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Greenberg, Polly – 1969
This book provides an insider's account of the attempts of the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) to introduce self-help educational innovations into the Black community of Mississippi. It documents the efforts of one of the first OEO-financed Head Start projects designed to help the Black people of Mississippi overcome economic,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Day Care, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education
Wohlford, Paul – 1970
When the psychologist serves Head Start, he must be a consultant to the whole Head Start organization, from top to bottom, director to children, and horizontally from potentially supportive agencies in the community to the Head Start staff, to the children and their parents. In the process of serving as a community psychologist, he will be called…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Intervention
Cohen, Bonnie R.; Yonkers, Ann H. – 1969
The major anti-poverty educational programs are evaluated in this report by comparing those operated by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) with those in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (DHEW) affecting a similar target population. A comparison of OEO Head Start with DHEW Title I preschool programs indicated that: (1) Title I…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Clark, Kenneth B.; Hopkins, Jeannette – 1969
Twelve urban community action programs (CAP) were examined in depth to determine how each of them operationally defined community action and to evaluate their performance. The criteria used were: (1) a clear statement of purpose and programs consistent with that purpose; (2) strong independent leadership and a built-in evaluation and…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged, Evaluation Criteria
Drennan, Henry T., Ed. – Library Journal, 1964
This group of articles examines various library programs and services for the disadvantaged. Among the activities which the articles describe are--(1) library programs in metropolitan areas which can reach and motivate the poor in the slums, (2) Federal programs which support library services, (3) ways in which libraries can reach senior citizens,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Coordination, Coordinators, Disadvantaged
Wilson, Don – 1970
This paper first presents a historical perspective of the disadvantaged minority, using black people as an example. The following section presents a clinical perspective of the psycho-social characteristics of this group. These characteristics are laden with some accuracies and many fallacies: (1) the fallacy of wisdom belonging to whites; (2) the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Culture, Black Leadership, Black Organizations
Peer reviewedMoynihan, Daniel Patrick – Public Interest, 1989
Discusses the development of social policy since 1901, with special emphasis on the War on Poverty. Analyzes the relationships among poverty, social norms, and family structure. Outlines the problems of the new social condition, characterized by drug abuse and welfare dependency. (FMW)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Drug Abuse, Family Structure, Federal Programs
Wynne, Ronald D. – 1968
The report summarizes a six-month evaluation (July-December 1967) of 11 community education projects funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity. Major focus is on eight projects which comprised a special series of Section 207 Community Education Demonstration Projects--Appalachian Volunteers, Inc., the Columbia College Citizenship Council…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Education, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs
