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Download full textLong, Larry H.; DeAre, Diana – 1980
An unexpected demographic development in the United States in the 1970's was the shift of nonmetropolitan areas to net inmigration, reversing a 70-year trend. Using the 1970 definition of metropolitan, the percent of the population living in metropolitan areas fell from 69% in 1970 to 67.8% in 1978. No easily identifiable set of reasons explained…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Economic Factors, Metropolitan Areas
Jefferson, Arthur – 1980
A clear and effective relationship between the State and Federal governments is needed in pursuing school desegregation. The lack of State and Federal government congruence results in a desegregation policy that emanates from judicial decrees on a district by district basis. In Michigan, inconsistencies among districts and between Federal and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Bilingual Education, Compliance (Legal), Court Role
BROWN, AARON – 1963
THE LEGACY OF DISCRIMINATORY EDUCATION AND ITS CONTINUING PRACTICE HAS LEFT LARGE SECTIONS OF THE MINORITY POPULATION "SHORT-CHANGED." THE BEST METHOD OF MAKING UP FOR THESE DEFICIENCIES, PAST AND PRESENT, IS COMPENSATORY EDUCATION. HOWEVER THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION HAS NOT BEEN WELL-IMPLEMENTED IN ANY LARGE CITY, INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Board of Education Policy, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
LOURIA, MARGOT; STOKES, MARGURITE C. – 1968
THESE PROFILES PROVIDE EXTENSIVE DATA ON POVERTY, POPULATION TRENDS, EDUCATION, WELFARE, CRIME, AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN 20 MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS. FISCAL YEAR 1967 APPROPRIATIONS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, FOR BASIC AND OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING, AND FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARE ALSO LISTED. THE POPULATION, POVERTY, AND EDUCATION…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Blacks, Community Development, Crime
MASON, ROBERT E. – 1967
CURRENT POPULATION TRENDS HAVE CREATED VAST EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IN LARGE URBAN CENTERS. WHILE THOUSANDS OF LOW-INCOME PUERTO RICANS AND NEGROES HAVE MIGRATED TO CENTRAL-CITY AREAS, WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS PERSONS AND EXPANDING INDUSTRIES CONTINUE TO RELOCATE IN THE SUBURBS. AT LEAST THREE OUT OF EVERY 10 PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS ATTEND SCHOOLS IN…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Educational Finance, Inner City, Metropolitan Areas
LaFromboise, Teresa; And Others – 1978
The Counseling Helping Questionnaire, Forms A and B, was answered by 150 Indian and 50 non-Indian 11th and 12th grade students in Oklahoma to obtain information about the concerns seen as most important by Indian high school students, the concerns which they were most likely to talk about with a counselor or a significant other, who the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boarding Schools, Comparative Analysis, Counseling
Bottomly, Forbes, Ed.; Kitfield, Allison, Ed. – 1978
This report contains a series of essays dealing with strategies to reduce isolation in metropolitan areas. Social isolation is defined as that which affects groups or individuals in such a manner as to limit or deny their access to, and to bar their freedom to choose among the options which society offers to a majority of citizens. Two models…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Court Role, Cultural Isolation, Desegregation Litigation
Lansdale, H. Parker, Ed. – 1977
The particular advantages and opportunities of the urban-based consortium are examined by several consortia directors in a special issue of this newsletter. The first article, by Joseph G. K. Miller of the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education, suggests ways in which trustees enhance the cooperative effort in an urban setting. In the second…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Educational Opportunities
Hartman, David W.,Ed. – Journal of University Studies, 1974
Among the purposes stated to be served by this book of readings are: the description of several ethnic communities in the Detroit metropolitan area; a questioning of what is meant by ethnics, ethnic groups, and ethnicity; and a look at what ethnicity means when ethnics interact in the institutional world. The document is divided into five sections…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Census Figures, Community Role, Cultural Background
Hines, Fred K.; And Others – 1975
United States counties were classified along a dimension of urban-rural residence. At one extreme of the dimension were inner cities of greater metropolitan areas; at the other extreme were totally rural counties without direct proximity to a metropolitan center. The socioeconomic characteristics of each county were compared for 1970 and for…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Family Structure, Income
Anderson, James G.; And Others – 1969
The study was undertaken to systematically explore some of the social mechanisms within classrooms that mediate educational effects of schools for Mexican Americans in a metropolitan context. Seventy-two teachers from 9 schools in 3 distinct ecological areas in El Paso, Texas, were asked to complete a questionnaire and the Minnesota Teacher…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Emotional Development
Hurst, Michael E. Eliot – 1972
The definition of geography as the study of man and the realities of his socio-economic milieu is the thesis on which this course in urban geography is based. The functions of the university are observed to be: 1) to ensure economic and cultural continuance; and 2) to advance knowledge and ways of knowing. The first of these functions appears to…
Descriptors: College Role, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Economics
The Four-Quarter School Year as Implemented in Metropolitan Atlanta Secondary Schools. Final Report.
Frasher, James M; Bentley, Ernest L. – 1971
This investigation had as its objective to collect relevant information in a systematic fashion concerning the actual, implemented four-quarter program. The investigators sought to identify what was currently operational in cooperating metropolitan school systems and to assess the degree to which the operational four-quarter plan meets the…
Descriptors: Counselors, Critical Incidents Method, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1972
This volume contains selected samples of resource materials and other products used with 10 short-term institutes aimed at improving vocational education and manpower training in metropolitan areas. Arranged in appendix format, the volume includes: (1) Tables Relating to Participant Selection, (2) Application Form and Invitation Letter Samples,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
National School Boards Association, Washington, DC. – 1976
In this volume of digests of the major proceedings of the Ninth Annual Washington Meeting of the Council on the Big City Boards of Education, the keynote address focuses upon the quality of education, the funding of public schools, desegregation, and the overall problem of state and local finances. Other papers discuss the following topics:…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Boards of Education, Conference Reports
