The role of decentralization in fomenting ethnic exclusiveness, ending citizen estrangement from government, and providing a model of society and government for both liberals and conservatives is examined. (DE)

Because information on the impacts which a community may experience as a consequence of economic change is needed for informed community decision-making regarding the local economic base, this report identifies, defines, and describes many such impacts. Changes which the private sector may expect in employment, personal income, sales, and…

This document deals with a common problem: the fact that "needs assessment" is often required by law and regulation, but there is little agreement on what the term means or what the process entails. The uses and definitions of the term "needs assessment" are examined and categorized along with the various methodologies which are ascribed to it.…

This paper examines questions concerning political and social change in communities and its implications for educational administration. Issues that underlie these questions include the distinction between internal and external changes, and the tension among representativeness, technical competence, and leadership. Evolutionary patterns in…

This bibliography is designed for students of planned community change, practitioners concerned with the redefinition of the planning profession, and local citizens involved in the change process. The authors do not consider the bibliography exhaustive, but rather developmental, outlining the application of planned-change theory and method to the…

The University-Urban Interface Program (UUIP) of the University of Pittsburgh is an action-research effort designed to study the actual and potential roles of the University in the community in a time of change. Five basic projects are included within the UUIP: (1) Minority and Community Services; (2) Campus Development Impact; (3) Communications;…

A study was conducted of two Missouri communities to investigate neighborhood change between 1956 and 1966 and social cliques as possible emerging replacements for neighborhoods. Ozark, in an economically disadvantaged southern part of the State, has experienced drastic farm changes, from general to dairy farming and later to enterprises more…

Designed to provide the educator with some answers about cable television (CATV), this monograph and resource catalog provides a basic description of CATV, its educational uses, and the franchising provisions which relate to its educational uses. The transition of CATV from an association with broadcast television toward cable information systems…

Gives a brief background of the group, reviews some recent events which suggest a revival in several areas of concern to the group, examines some sociological reasons for this revival, suggests the importance of this revival and suggests that the total Jewish community can gain from the revival. (Author/AM)

Synthesizes research on the implications of demographic changes in rural areas. Explores the effects of population size, age composition, and household size and composition on public policy and public services in rural areas. (SK)

Using three distinct indicators of well-being, differences and similarities are examined between a Wyoming boom town and a Utah non-boom community. Results provide evidence of disruption on only one indicator and highlight the importance of disaggregating boom town populations into distinct subpopulations when assessing effects of rapid growth.…

This publication presents information on how neighborhood residents can be involved in collecting needed information about their community which they can use to guide reform efforts. Researchers interviewed people with experience collecting information at the neighborhood level, other researchers, leaders of community based organizations, and…

Examines how the poor and minorities can create structural changes in local communities to better serve their collective interest, in the context of a rural county in California in which organizers actually designed and implemented political strategies which resulted in a new set of local power relationships. (Author/JM)

This article on changing schools advances five hypotheses for why effective educational change comes only when schools reconstruct themselves. Relates these hypotheses to a model'' school the author would like to build in which school is organized into phases instead of grades, teams instead of teachers, and in which performance evaluation on a…

Focuses on ways that an Oklahoma Amish community creates, defines, maintains, and manipulates various symbols in an effort to deal with five problems that threaten the survival of Amish life: disenchanted youth, inroads of modernity, tourism, vanishing farm land, and governmental intervention. (Author/GC)