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Hawkins, Beverly J. – 1973
The intent of this paper is to illustrate that within the feminist movement there are sub groups that have to be examined if the movement is to be successful. With the heightened consciousness of women across the nation and the increased competition for the scarce number of well-paying, meaningful jobs, it is important that minorities understand…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Rights, Economic Opportunities, Employed Women
Cole, Ellerbe P. – 1975
Fourth of a series of six reports, this report evaluates the Civil Rights activities of the Office of Revenue Sharing (ORS) of the Department of the Treasury. It is based on a review of documents produced by that Office, interviews with federal officials, and an analysis of available literature. The stated purpose of this report is to determine…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Bias, Civil Rights, Economic Opportunities
Pettigrew, Thomas F., Ed. – 1975
This book is organized in six parts. The Introduction opens with a brief historical perspective by W.E.B. DuBois. The trends of social research in racial discrimination are chronicled in the second selection. Part 2 begins our analysis with an indepth look at housing discrimination. Part 3 applies this analysis of housing to discrimination in…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Civil Rights, Economic Opportunities, Educational Opportunities
Boudon, Raymond – 1974
The topics of particular importance in contemporary sociology are inequality of educational opportunity (IEO) and mechanisms of social mobility (or immobility). IEO refers to the differences in level of educational attainment according to social background. Social mobility means the differences in social achievement according to social background.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cross Cultural Studies, Economic Opportunities
Gordon, Edmund W.; Green, Derek – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1974
Those of us who are committed to the pedagogical enterprise are called upon to re-examine, clarify, and perhaps justify the presuppositions, methods, and goals that provide the framework within which education and development are carried on. Recent publications by several writers have reintroduced notions that demand critical examination,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Bias, Book Reviews
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development. – 1970
A book of collected papers (by 23 educators, government officials, and industrial leaders who attended a recent national symposium at Iowa State University) presents information on general economic and social characteristics of rural communities, effects of technological growth on rural communities, economic and social policies for improvement of…
Descriptors: Community Change, Economic Change, Economic Opportunities, Human Resources
Robbins, Jerry H. – 1972
This speech discusses the social, cultural, and economic concerns of education. Focusing on the economic effects of education, the author points up the economic benefits of education from the viewpoints of (1) the benefits to individuals resulting from increased and improved education, (2) the benefits to businessmen, and (3) the benefits to the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged, Economic Factors
Blau, Peter M.; Duncan, Otis Dudley – 1967
The objective of this book is to present a systematic analysis of the American occupational structure, and, thus, of the major foundation of the stratification system in this society. Processes of social mobility from one generation to the next and from career beginnings to occupational destinations are considered to reflect the dynamics of the…
Descriptors: Bias, Demography, Economic Opportunities, Family Characteristics
Sewell, William H.; And Others – 1976
This book is an outgrowth of an interdisciplinary seminar on achievement processes. The 15 chapters of this book are distributed into three substantive sections. Part One includes a series of chapters dealing in one way or another with achievement in the life cycle. One chapter discusses the causes and consequences of higher education and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Anthologies, Economic Opportunities
Ashline, Nelson F., Ed.; And Others – 1976
This book, based on an invitational conference held in Newport, Rhode Island, in June 1975, includes an edited record of that conference as well as additional papers which were developed by participants as a result of their conference experience. Twelve papers are included: "Public Education as the Great Equalizer", Fred M. Hechinger; "Types of…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Opportunities, Economically Disadvantaged

Wolf, Judith G. – 1976
This is a report of a pilot study performed by the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) of the New York State Education Department. The study investigated the post college experiences of HEOP graduates and dropouts at three institutions in Western New York: Canisius College, Buffalo; Rosary Hill College, Snyder; and Niagara University. The…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Graduates, Compensatory Education, Dropouts

McHugh, Richard; Morgan, James N. – Economics of Education Review, 1984
Data on 2,156 nonresident students indicate (1) little difference in decision factors between the sexes, (2) less sensitivity to tuition levels than expected, (3) importance of the economic climate in the destination state, and (4) explanation of many factors by data on students' home-state and destination-state. (MLF)
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Decision Making, Economic Climate, Economic Opportunities
Jones, Dennis P. – National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NJ1), 2005
Stewardship of place is an idea whose time has come. Much of the improvement in economic opportunity and quality of life sought by policymakers for the citizens of their states depends on the acceptance by universities (especially metropolitan universities) of a leadership role in their communities. But university leadership cannot marshal the…
Descriptors: Leadership, Leadership Responsibility, Government Role, State Government
Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario, North York. – 1999
In response to workplace needs, the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology across Ontario are becoming market-driven learning centers for the 21st century. A significant increase in demand for college education, estimated as a 21% increase in enrollment, will occur due to: (1) a rise in participation rates; (2) demographic changes, particularly…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Economic Opportunities, Educational Demand
Kozeracki, Carol – 1998
This digest reviews the literature examining ways in which the academic world is shifting toward more entrepreneurial approaches for running an institution and examines some programs that have been developed both at the community college and the senior college level. Reasons cited for the shift toward entrepreneurial ways of operating include cuts…
Descriptors: Colleges, Community Colleges, Corporate Support, Economic Opportunities