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Carpenter, Edward K. – Design and Environment, 1975
This article describes several projects currently underway in Minneapolis to overcome the problems of poor population density, no downtown after-dark activity, lack of a mass transit system, pollution, congestion and a cold climate. Solutions include parkways, enclosed public space, the new-town-in-town concept, greenways, and restoration. (BT)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Environmental Influences, Land Use, Metropolitan Areas
Peer reviewedMathews, John – Journal of Law and Education, 1975
Presents the Supreme Court rationale for the Milliken v. Bradley decision not to enforce interdistrict busing for purposes of integration. (DW)
Descriptors: Busing, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Lichter, Daniel T.; And Others – 1983
The 1970's ushered in widespread population deconcentration, seen in the pervasive shift of the United States population down the size-of-place scale. To document population changes in various sized places in the country from 1950 to 1980 and to show the pervasiveness of urban-rural deconcentration in nonmetropolitan areas, researchers examined…
Descriptors: Demography, Metropolitan Areas, Population Distribution, Population Growth
Codianni, Anthony V., Comp.; And Others – 1983
In an attempt to increase interdistrict interaction, support the efforts of voluntary metropolitan-wide desegregation, and address similar interests in St. Louis (Missouri) City and County schools, a series of multicultural education seminars was conducted in 1982-83. The seminars (co-sponsored by the Midwest Race Desegregation Assistance Center…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Metropolitan Areas
Crews, Kimberly A. – Population Education Interchange, 1987
A Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) may be comprised of one or more counties, can cross state lines, and must contain a city or urbanized area of 50,000 or more people. The population of the whole county (or counties) is included in the MSA even if part of the county is rural. A Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) must have over…
Descriptors: Geography, Information Sources, Instructional Materials, Metropolitan Areas
Full Employment Action Council, Washington, DC. – 1985
Although the joblessness and underemployment that characterize the labor market status of American youth are worst for Hispanic and Black youth, they also reflect the absence of job opportunities, irrespective of race, in depressed rural areas and urban communities hard hit by sustained high levels of unemployment. In December 1984, teenagers had…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Federal Legislation, Hispanic Americans
Maniloff, Howard – 1978
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina, is a metropolitan school district which, in 1969, was ordered by a Federal judge to desegregate its more than 100 schools. Desegregation began in 1970 and continues today. Having found evidence that attitudes among whites toward both busing and desegregation had changed during these years, the author set out…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bus Transportation, Community Attitudes, Educational Change
Download full textTaylor, William L.; And Others – 1977
This report by the United States Commission on Civil Rights focuses on the desegregation of metropolitan schools. It begins by summarizing the research on the causes of racial isolation in metropolitan areas, and connects this research to issues raised in Milliken V. Bradley. In this case, the Supreme Court noted that legal decisions affecting…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Integration Studies
Peer reviewedTaylor, William – Integrated Education, 1975
This testimony, before the May 1974 public hearings of the New York City Commission on Human Rights by the Director for the Center for National Policy Review, Catholic University Law School, notes that one barrier to the liberation of black people from a legally-sanctioned caste system is the racially segregated structure of metropolitan areas…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Law Enforcement, Metropolitan Areas, Public Policy
Barsky, Carl – 1978
This report presents the results of a survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine wages and related benefits in (1) the banking industry and (2) for employees in home offices and regional head offices of life insurance carriers. Part 1 discusses banking industry characteristics and presents data for tellers and selected…
Descriptors: Banking, Clerical Occupations, Data Processing Occupations, Differences
Huff, Hugh; Caltagirone, Norma – 1976
This report presents the findings of an initial survey that was designed to systematically determine the educational needs of citizens with regards to the emergency medical services system in their county. Specifically, the survey sampled the knowledge of respondents concerning: (1) what medical service is; (2) what services are available; (3) how…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Demography, Educational Needs, Interviews
Frey, William H. – 1977
The cumulative adverse impact of residential white flight from large central cities on the residual population has led policy makers to be wary of instituting programs which will further exacerbate the process. Recent policy debates have evolved over the question of whether white city-to-suburb movement is affected more significantly by…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Metropolitan Areas, Migration Patterns, Path Analysis
HANSEN, CARL F. – 1963
THREE HYPOTHESES WHICH DOCUMENT THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION ARE INVESTIGATED IN THIS ARTICLE. THE FIRST HYPOTHESIS IS THAT BOTH WHITE AND NEGRO PUPILS NOW ENJOY EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES SUPERIOR TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE UNDER A POLICY OF SEGREGATION. SECONDLY, ON OBJECTIVELY MEASURED SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Educational Opportunities
Rideout, E. Brock; Najat, Sandra – 1967
As a guide to educational administrators working in large cities, abstracts of 161 books, pamphlets, papers, and journal articles published between 1924 and 1966 are classified into five categories: (1) Centralization versus decentralization, (2) local government, (3) metropolitan organization, (4) the financing of education, and (5) the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Centralization, City Government, Decentralization
Schwartz, Arthur; Taubin, Harold – 1964
A study dealing with the means of transportation required and used by students, faculty, staff, and other employees of the University of Pennsylvania in their travel to and from campus. Areas of destination and modes of travel are discussed. The major emphasis is on the use of the automobile and the parking demand that is thus created. Current…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Higher Education, Metropolitan Areas
