IN AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT A WORKSHOP OF THE GREAT CITIES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, IT WAS NOTED THAT TODAY'S SLUMS ARE BIGGER, STRATIFICATION MORE PREVALENT, AND THAT BECAUSE OF THESE FACTORS, ACCULTURATION HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT SLOWED DOWN. URBAN RENEWAL CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL UNLESS SCHOOLS AND OTHER COMMUNITY AGENCIES ASSUME A MAJOR PART IN THE RENEWAL,…

PROBLEMS OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN THE SLUM SCHOOLS AND PROBLEMS OF URBAN RENEWAL IN THE REBUILDING OF OUR CITIES WILL NOT BE SOLVED UNLESS AND UNTIL WE CAN DEAL SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE "LACK OF CONVICTION" CHARACTERISTIC OF THE NEGRO COMMUNITY. THE MATTER IS NOT ONE OF BETTER EDUCATION AND BETTER HOUSING--IT IS ONE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR…

Approximately 2,700 books, pamphlets, and articles from all over the world published before October 1967, are listed in this annotated bibliography on public expenditure decision making. Emphasis is on the economic criteria of decision making derived through use of systematic and analytical methods. Entries are organized into 33 general…

IN THIS BOOK INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE POOR LIVING IN THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY ARE PRESENTED AS A VEHICLE FOR DESCRIBING POVERTY AND EXPLORING ITS MYTHS, AND FOR SUGGESTING A CONCRETE ECONOMIC APPROACH TO HELP THE POOR TO HELP THEMSELVES. THE BOOK SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDS THAT NECESSARY JOBS BE CREATED BY EMPLOYING THE UNEMPLOYED POOR…

THIS SUPPLEMENT TO A 1966 BIBLIOGRAPHY ON POVERTY IN CANADA IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS--(1) AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RELEVANT PERIODICALS, PAMPHLETS, BOOKS, SPEECHES, UNPUBLISHED WORKING PAPERS, AND OTHER BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN ENGLISH, CROSS REFERENCES UNDER 22 SUBJECT HEADINGS, AND ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR--(2) A SIMILIAR, BUT SMALLER,…

This booklet contains a sampling of corporate programs designed to help alleviate urban social problems, and offers small and medium-sized businesses ideas for economic development programs involving the disadvantaged. Included are six hiring and recruitment programs; 15 related to dropouts, job training, and adult basic education; 14 for…

THE TASK FORCE ON ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION HAS BEEN CHARGED TO RECOMMEND THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS FOR ASSESSING AND EVALUATING THE SHORT-TERM ACTIVITIES AND THE LONG-TERM ACHIEVEMENTS OF ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE TASK FORCE ARE--THE ANALYSIS OF DATA RELEVANT FOR EVALUATING DAY-BY-DAY DECISION-MAKING,…

These specifications are planned as guidelines for architects to design an educational facility that will be relevant to the needs of the Fort Lincoln community. It is important to understand that this document and architectural plans for the facility do coexist, and that the criteria presented here has played an important role in the actual…

This annotated bibliography contains 208 entries on educational and other kinds of assistance to low income homemakers. Section 1 contains theoretical analyses of intervention strategies. These strategies are then illustrated by accounts of programs in home management instruction, homemakers' services, special programs for "chronic" poor…

COMMUNITY PROGRESS, INC. A NONPROFIT COMMUITY ACTION CORPORATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT, IN 1962, WITH A THREE YEAR FORD FOUNDATION GRANT. IT HAS UNDERTAKEN PROGRAMS OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL SERVICES, EMPHASIZING INVOLVEMENT WITH THE POOR ON A CLOSE, INFORMAL, NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS. SOCIAL, VOCATIONAL, HEALTH,…

Selected are the excerpts from the presidents' papers that best reflect each person's interpretation of the idea of the University of Chicago. The topical arrangement of the excerpts gives the impression of a discussion and, in the ancient sense, a dramatic argument. While the presidents discuss the strenuous intellectual endeavors of research,…

This manual is considered to be comprised of interesting resource materials to be used to stimulate teachers, community members, and others concerned with education in order to become more conscious of Japanese Americans and their role in American society. The manual includes a section on history and contemporary concerns of Japanese Americans,…

Over 100 available 16mm films are listed in this annotated bibliography on urban studies. The listings are classified under new towns and new cities; film series on general urban problems; cinematic and artistic impressions of cities; ghetto problems, slums, and skid rows; and general urban planning, urban renewal, housing and neighborhood…

In this qualitative study, we examined the perspectives of four urban K-12 principals on what hinders and helps their vitality. Grounded in 60 minute interviews, 10 monthly, full-day observations, and document analysis with each participant, we identified three themes hindering their vitality: (a) illusion of control of productivity strategies and…

THIS STUDY IS AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF SLUM OWNERSHIP AND THE IMPACT OF THE MARKET ON THE MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION OF SLUM TENEMENTS. DATA ARE DRAWN FROM LAND PARCEL STATISTICS AND LANDLORD INTERVIEWS IN NEWARK, N.J. THE STUDY DESCRIBES THE MEASURES NEEDED TO INITIATE SLUM REHABILITATION. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO…