Describes a relatively isolated rural workshop program, the Appalachian Film Workshop, Inc., a division of the APPALSHOP, Whitesburg, Ky. The Workshop, started in 1969 with OEO funding and under the direction of the American Film Institute, trains local young people in the art of movie making and producing films on Appalachia. (RJ)

Contrary to the beliefs of Black conservatives, there remains a strong case against leaving long-run economic development requirements of the Black community to free market solutions. (Author)

Analyzes the premise that education in Great Britain should serve to meet the economic requirements of society through training people in all sectors of the educational system--the school, further education, and higher education. Stresses the complexity of further education in reproducing social and technical relations. (Author/KC)

Laurence J. Capellas, teacher, principal, and administrator in the Hawai'i Department of Education from 1935 to 1977. Laurence J. Capellas was born in 1913 in Hakalau to two Hawai'i island school-teachers. After attending Hakalau School, St. Mary's School in Hilo, and St. Louis College in Honolulu, he went on to the University of Hawai'i Teachers…

"An Enterprising Approach to Regional Growth: Implications for Policy and the Role of Vocational Education and Training" explores patterns of regional economic growth in Australia over the period 1984 to 2002 with the aim of identifying the drivers of variation in regional growth; the research also aimed to identify regional…

The present study investigated whether adolescent cigarette, alcohol, marijuana, and hard drug use predicts life satisfaction in young adulthood. Survey data were used from a longitudinal cohort of 2376 adolescents at ages 18 and 29, originally recruited from California and Oregon middle schools at age 13. Results of multivariate models indicated…

Designed to assist established businesspeople with the development of a loan proposal, this workbook offers information on sources of financing and step-by-step guidance on applying for a loan. After chapter I discusses borrowers' and lenders' attitudes towards money, chapter II offers suggestions for determining financial needs. Chapter III lists…

Rural America is growing again; and, the change in growth and migration patterns means new opportunities for small towns to expand their economic bases and to improve community facilities and services. Part of the Small Town Strategy series, this publication characterizes one small southwestern town that is typical of many others and outlines a…

Reprinted from "National Conference on Corporate Urban Programs, National Industrial Conference Board, New York, New York.

Because of declining prices for sorghum and cotton, increased operating costs, and reduction in the underground water level, opportunities for male high school graduates in the Southern Plains region have declined in recent years. The study collected data on migration patterns of males who graduated during the 1953-63 period by surveying high…

Outlines a partial framework of the range of concerns embraced by DuBois on matters pertaining to economic disadvantagement of black people, and offers some analysis of what the evolutionary process has yielded black people as economic participants and the implications of these facts for public policy today and tomorrow. (Author/JM)

Whether it be labeled interdependence, or the North-South Dialogue, or haves vs. have-nots, the equality of opportunity among men, both within nations and between nations, is increasingly recognized as a critical, insistent planetary issue. (Author)

Analyzes the causes and effects of changes in the family of American Blacks. Identifies persistent, institutional racism as the primary cause for the plight of Black male youths. Classifies the latter into three groups: (1) the small percentage who attain a career; (2) the 51% who steadily seek work and rarely succeed; and (3) the displaced and…

Analyzes census data to examine the extent and causes of the continuing high rates of poverty among black Americans over the last two decades. Discusses the increase in black female-household heads and findings of a correlation between marital breakup and the income and employment history of husbands. (KH)

Explores the determinants of interstate migration and the impact of migration on labor force participation for American Indians, in comparison to White and intermarried Indian/White couples. Interstate migration was much lower for endogenous American Indian couples, but its effect on labor force participation was the same for all couples. (ETS)