The product of preliminary research including a regional and a national survey and 3 workshop sessions held in the western U.S. involving 100 people concerned with rural judicial procedures, this report focuses upon the problems of administering justice in rural areas. Specifically, this report deals with: the rural environment and its impact on…

The fourth in a series of summaries based on quarterly reports submitted by the Southern Rural Development Center's (SRDC) Functional Networks, these reports constitute a compilation of the Networks' activities from January 1976 to April 1977. The 10 Networks currently in operation are described as involving 93 professionals and representation…

The first part of this report contains a case study from each of the eight southern states participating in a late 1970s project which focused primarily on the organization of rural counties for making decisions that affect the well-being of county residents. In the second section, the study counties (identified as low income in 1950) are placed…

This paper stresses the need for consumer education programs which reflect social changes and which will be relevant in the future. Specifically, it explores ways in which educators can develop and implement consumer education programs which stress quality of life, simplified lifestyles, and changing American consumption habits. Quality of life is…

An evaluation of four experimental programs designed to stimulate participation of agricultural and rural leaders in public affairs assessed the effectiveness of leadership training on young men and women in California, Michigan, Montana, and Pennsylvania. Varying from two to three years in length, the programs emphasized the analysis of major…

This chapter evaluates Florida legislation establishing school advisory committees and is intended to improve understanding of both the potential and the problems of school advisory committees. It begins by examining advisory committees across the nation. It then turns to an analysis of school advisory committees in Florida. The report on…

School districts that survive declining enrollments will be the ones who recognize that the problem exists and build their programs and plans to meet the problem. It is necessary to know community demography and develop farsighted, actuarily sound projections of the effects. As money is basic to the problem, it is necessary to know the fiscal…

Intensive leadership development programs in Pennsylvania, Michigan California, and Montana positively affected the participation of program graduates in public affairs organizations. The programs, begun in 1965, and designed to prepare young men and women from rural areas for more effective leadership in agricultural and public affairs, consisted…

Each of the nine papers in this collection focuses on a key issue in community education, examining relevant literature and research, and suggesting challenges for community educators. Topics are the following: (1) four major areas regarding collaboration: commitment, competition and creating, conflict, and collaboration as a problem rather than a…

This report presents information on a search for measures of citizen education in elementary and secondary schools. It is intended to update information presented in ED 159 115 and to reevaluate the current state of affairs in measurement of citizen education goals. The document is presented in three sections. Section I explains criteria and…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO ANALYZE THE SOCIAL ISOLATION AND UPWARD MOBILITY OF FAMILIES LIVING IN A SHANTY TOWN AND A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT IN PUERTO RICO, AND OF NEGRO FAMILIES IN A GHETTO IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. DATA WERE COLLECTED BY MEANS OF PARTICIPANT OBSERVERS AND INTERVIEW SCHEDULES. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE POOR DO NOT LIVE IN A SUBCULTURE…

RESEARCH WAS FOCUSED ON THREE QUESTIONS--(1) TO WHAT DEGREE PARTICIPANTS UTILIZED CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE, (2) WHAT PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS DIFFERENTIATED CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS FROM NONPARTICIPANTS, AND (3) WHAT SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP EXISTED BETWEEN THESE CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONAL TRANSFER. DATA WERE PROVIDED ON 665 PARTICIPANTS…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A SEQUEL TO "THE JACKSON COUNTY STORY, A CASE STUDY," (ED 011 569) WHICH DESCRIBED THE IMPACT ON A LARGE SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT OF COMMUNITY CONFLICT WHICH ROSE OVER BOTH EDUCATIONAL AND NON-EDUCATIONAL ISSUES. THE FIRST STUDY ENDED AFTER THE 1962 ELECTIONS IN WHICH A MAJORITY OF CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES WAS ELECTED TO…

Inspiried by a United Nations effort to establish a worldwide university, the four and one-half year project carried out in Thy (Denmark) is explained in this final report, from its historical beginnings in 1973 to its official completion in 1978. Dedicated to the solution of problems which could be considered universal, the project goals are…

Two political socialization issues were explored for 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old youth. The first issue was the extent to which there is a general orientation among American youth toward tolerance. The second issue was the relationship of tolerance among youth to political knowledge and orientation to political participation. A major objective of the…