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Higher Education and the Community: New Partnerships and Interactions.
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OECD Observer, 1980
Suggests that the role of the university is changing in contemporary society. Economic crises and community demands force the university to evaluate its role. (SA)
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Problems, Economic Climate
Major Problems and Economic Outlook of Anne Arundel County Residents--Results of a Telephone Survey Conducted between May 16-June 2, 1983.
Anne Arundel Community Coll., Arnold, MD. Center for the Study of Local Issues. – 1983
In spring 1983, a telephone survey was conducted by the Center for the Study of Local Issues (CSLI) at Anne Arundel Community College to determine public perceptions of Anne Arundel County, to assess the economic potential of distributing study results, to test CSLI procedures for gathering data by telephone, and to train CSLI student interns in…
Descriptors: Age, Community Attitudes, Community Problems, Community Surveys
Initial Black Pulse Findings, Bulletin No. l.
National Urban League, Inc., Washington, DC. Research Dept. – 1980
In 1979, the National Urban League and its local affiliates launched the Black Pulse, a nationwide survey designed to (1) assess the needs and status of blacks in such areas as employment, housing, child care, education, health, crime, political participation, family patterns, and discrimination; and (2) determine the extent to which major…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Community, Community Problems, Economic Climate
Dreams and Despair: The Early Years of the Great Depression in Gary, Indiana.
Indiana Historian, 1993
Based on official reports, newspapers, the memories of citizens, and historical studies, a description of Gary, Indiana during the Great Depression shows how many people in Gary were affected by the Depression. Gary began to grow rapidly beginning in 1906 with the organization of two steel companies. Black, European, and Mexican immigrants came to…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Change, Community Influence, Community Problems
When Communities Collapse: Implications for Rural America.
Fitchen, Janet M. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
The decline of agriculture in the 1920s and 1930s was compounded by the subsequent collapse of the rural social community, leaving the rural poor without a community and thus exacerbating and prolonging their poverty. Present restructuring of agriculture in the United States may have a similar impact on rural communities. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Trends, Community Change, Community Development
Native American Children, Youth, and Families. Part 3. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session (Albuquerque, NM, January 10, 1986).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1986
As part of a weeklong investigation into conditions among Native American families and children, the House of Representatives Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families met to hear testimony from tribal leaders, parents, young adults, and service providers from reservations and pueblos in New Mexico and Colorado. Topics include unemployment…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Welfare
Native American Children, Youth, and Families. Part 1. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session (Seattle, WA, January 7, 1986).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1986
The House Select Committee met to receive testimony from representatives of Northwest tribes about conditions affecting Native American children and their families. Eloise King of Colville Confederated Tribes (Washington) summarizes a wide range of human needs and recommends that Congress make funding available directly to tribes. John Navarro and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Welfare