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Peer reviewedDrucker, Daniel C. – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1971
Argues that more expenditure on higher education, particularly engineering education, is necessary if the pressing problems of society are to be met in an economically viable manner within the context of a complex technological civilization. (AL)
Descriptors: Community Problems, Doctoral Programs, Educational Needs, Engineering
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1987
This report describes a preliminary methodology by which distressed communities may be identified using school districts as the basic unit for the presentation of data. Distress consists of a concentration of the following types of need: (1) economic; (2) social; and (3) educational. Distress was measured by an index that determined a district's…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Needs, Community Problems, Community Study
