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Stanbury, Harry Douglas – 1965
This study aimed at describing: the forced attachment of two suburban districts and the extension of adult education opportunities to a disadvantaged community, the process and actions involved in establishing the Carver School Adult Education Program, and the attempt to provide educational opportunities for the adults of the Carver School area.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged Environment, Doctoral Dissertations
Matthias, Ruth – 1972
The paper discusses the aspiration problems that rural students confront each day. By exploring their background and family life styles, it is hoped that some sort of understanding of their aspiration problems could aid the school counselors. The paper is divided into 4 main discussions: (1) characteristics of rural life, (2) problems of rural…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Role, Disadvantaged Environment
Emmons, Karen – 1971
The experimental branch library described in this report was located in the multicultural, economically depressed downtown area of Richmond, California. The library's three and a half years of operation are described including: (1) the criteria for the selection of material, (2) programs aimed at attracting teen-agers and younger children to the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Branch Libraries, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
KAUFMAN, JACOB J. – 1966
A COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM WAS INITIATED AND DEVELOPED IN THE MON-YOUGH REGION OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. TO CORRECT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE ADULT TRAINING, RETRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS. THE MON-YOUGH COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE WAS FORMED THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Action, Community Problems, Community Services

Poppleton, Pam; And Others – Comparative Education, 1987
Reports results of teacher interviews designed to explore the satisfaction and stress of teaching in areas of economic and social disadvantage and to compare the views of teachers in similar schools in Michigan and South Yorkshire (England). Includes verbatim responses to questions about communities, schools, the classroom experience, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth

Brown, Antoinette B.; Partridge, William L. – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1987
Reports on the impact on malnutrition of Mexico's Sistema de Alementacion Mexicana (SAM) program, which tried to make the country self-sufficient in basic foods. Concludes that the food problem in Mexico is not so much one of production as it is a problem of distribution and consumption. (PS)
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Disadvantaged Environment, Financial Policy
Ashbrook, Richard M. – Instructional Innovator, 1984
Considers the impact of the lack of computer literacy and computer-assisted instruction on the socially and economically disadvantaged in terms of basic living skills as well as vocational and educational opportunities, and makes four recommendations for ensuring that all segments of society will share equally in the benefits of computer…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Daily Living Skills, Disadvantaged Environment
Meyers, Marcia K.; Teitler, Julien O. – 2001
The New York City Social Indicators Survey examines New York City's social climate, surveying a representative sample of families regarding their perceptions of life in the city and indicators of their quality of life and experiences of hardship. The 1999 survey examined the period between 1997-1999, a time of strong economic performance and…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Environment, Family Life, Housing
Ghate, Deborah; Hazel, Neal – 2002
With a unique focus on the effects of poverty on parenting in Britain, this book explores what professionals and policy makers can do to support families living in poverty. The book details findings and conclusions of a large national study of parents living in poverty conducted by the Policy Research Bureau between 1997 and 1999. The study…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Coping, Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged

Ladd, Gary W.; Keeney, Bradford P. – Small Group Behavior, 1983
Used an ecological-system perspective to consider socially isolated children in three contexts: as individuals, as partners in dyadic intervention, and as members of a social group or hierarchy. Implications for interventions that may facilitate isolated children's access to peer interaction in both dyadic and group contexts are suggested.…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Environment, Ecology, Elementary Education

Duke, Chris – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1983
The studies so far fail to prove that adult education reduces poverty, or is essential to its reduction. It appears impossible, logically and in terms of methodology, unequivocally to demonstrate a direct cause-and-effect relationship. Further studies are unlikely to produce such proof. (SSH)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attribution Theory

Gecas, Viktor – Rural Sociology, 1980
Situational obstacles stemming from cultural and economic circumstances (migrant status, time away from school for work, etc.) were observed to have at least as much influence on the Mexican American child's educational and occupational aspirations as the more commonly stressed family interaction variables such as parental aspiration and emphasis…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Children, Correlation

Ainsworth, James W. – Social Forces, 2002
Analysis of data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988, linked to neighborhood-level 1990 census data, indicates that neighborhood characteristics not only predict educational outcomes but also rival the strength of commonly cited family- and school-related predictors. Collective socialization was the strongest of proposed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Disadvantaged Environment, Ghettos

Nunes, Terezinha – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1994
Offers a framework for the analysis and evaluation of actions taken on behalf of children upon their environment. Examines defining suitable child development outcomes for intervention programs. Discusses poverty and prejudice, two examples of environmental conditions that threaten children's development. Summarizes the characteristics of a…
Descriptors: Bias, Child Development, Child Safety, Child Welfare

Strydom, A. H.; And Others – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1995
Discusses the need for a differentiated college system to redress educational disparities in South Africa and to enhance equitable access to postsecondary education within a reasonable budget. Considers adequate primary and secondary education the long-term solution, but sees the development of community colleges from existing educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Environment