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Regional Planning Commission, Cleveland, OH. – 1968
In February, 1965 the boards of the Cleveland Public and Cuyahoga County Library Districts engaged the Regional Planning Commission to prepare a plan for the expansion or modification of their branch library systems. The general goal of the study was the design of a fully satisfying level of branch library service for the people of Cuyahoga…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Decentralization, Evaluation, Library Networks
Download full textSellen, Betty-Carol, Ed.; Karkhanis, Sharad, Ed. – 1968
The purpose of this institute was to consider the ways in which various phases of interlibrary cooperation could be developed in a large and geographically scattered system composed of many once autonomous units which have developed independently up to the present. Attending the institute were librarians from the City University of New York and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Conference Reports, Library Cooperation, Library Facilities
Denver Regional Council of Governments, CO. – 1968
The purpose of this plan is to provide a guide for designing improvements in public library service in the Denver metropolitan region and for evaluating the libraries as they develop. The report examines the background of public library planning activities, characteristics of the region, local library systems, area library resources and minimum…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Crain, Robert L. – 1966
A study determined the extent of influence members of a city's business elite have on civil rights policy of the city's school system. The National Opinion Research Center interviewed the school superintendent, school board members, civil rights leaders, other political leaders, and members of the business elite in eight large cities. The study…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Civil Rights, Community Leaders, Metropolitan Areas
Morin (Alfred J.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1974
The report is a third party audit/evaluation of a research and development project to provide curriculum and staff development for the implementation of a high school career development program in two career clusters at the Washington, D.C., Lemuel A. Penn Career Development Center. A project overview is presented; major responsibilities of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Developmental Programs, Education Service Centers, Inservice Teacher Education
Size of Place of Residential Preference as Related to Size and Satisfaction with Place of Residence.
Carpenter, Edwin H.; Warner, Judith A. – 1975
In view of the recent migration turnaround in the U.S. (1970 to 1974), relevance of size of place of residence was examined. Analysis was based on questionnaire data collected from 1973 Arizona household heads (N=2,410). Incorporated in the questionnaire, the following categorical variables were analyzed: (1) size of present place of residence…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Environmental Standards, Heads of Households, Metropolitan Areas
Kirkman, Kay – 1975
Johnson County Community College, one of 20 institutions of higher education in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area, has developed a comprehensive communications program which works. Close to eight percent of the college's current operating budget is dedicated to the communication process. Most publications are printed on campus by the Word…
Descriptors: Advertising, Communications, Information Dissemination, Mass Media
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Women's Bureau. – 1971
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been summarized on labor force participation and unemployment rates in 1971, of women 16 years of age and over, in the various census regions of the United States and in 10 large States and 20 large Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA's); separate data also have been summarized for women of…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Statistics, Females, Geographic Distribution
Supreme Court of the U. S., Washington, DC. – 1974
This pamphlet is the complete United States Supreme Court opinion, together with concurring and dissenting opinions, on the Detroit metropolitan area school integration case. The United States District Court in the case had found that the Detroit Board of Education had created and perpetuated school segregation in Detroit. To remedy this…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Plans
Gow, J. Steele – 1972
This background paper for the Community Goals Forum at the University of Pittsburgh focuses on some of the local experiences that seem to be related to the Pittsburgh citizenry's low level of confidence in and expectation of local government as a means for improving the quality of life in the metropolis. The recent development of the great urban…
Descriptors: City Government, Community Attitudes, Community Leaders, Community Relations
Levine, Daniel U., Ed. – 1971
Contents of this book include: (1) "Introduction: race and educational opportunity," Meyer Weinberg; (2) "Project 'Unique' and efforts to eliminate racial imbalance in Rochester, New York," Herman R. Goldberg and Raymond S. Iman; (3) "Project 'Apex': magnet schools for enrichment and exchange in Los Angeles," Albert…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Environment, Educational Opportunities, Educational Programs
Wolman, Jean M.; And Others – 1972
Results of a survey undertaken to provide data about proprietary schools, their students, and their programs are presented. All proprietary schools in four metropolitan areas of the United States which trained students in four selected occupational areas were surveyed. Included for comparison purposes were non-proprietary schools offering…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Information Dissemination
Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1972
Serving the Eastern part of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, 10 short-term institutes were conducted in selected cities for the purpose of improving vocational education and manpower training in metropolitan areas. Involving 911 administrative leaders in education and supportive services, each institute treated one of the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Institutes (Training Programs), Labor Force Development
Rice, Rodger R.; Beegle, J. Allen – 1972
Information presented in this monograph is an extension and reanalysis of data forming a part of the 1960 census monograph, "The People of Rural America." The main purpose of the monograph is the analysis of the variation in rural and urban fertility levels in the United States. Major questions upon which the study is focused include: (1) What is…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Demography, Family Planning, Marital Status
Danziger, Sheldon – 1975
An overview of the level and distribution of income for a sample of Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) during the period 1959-1969, using data on pretax pretransfer incomes published by the Internal Revenue Service, is presented in this paper. Several results are described. (1) The level and distribution of income vary widely among…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Economic Factors, Economic Opportunities, Economic Research
