Numbering approximately 62,005 and representing 15.3% of the total Alaska population in 1975, Alaska Natives are a finite and predominately rural subpopulation. However, a significant portion of the Alaska Native Work Force (estimated at 13,854) now resides in the major urban areas and is available to the Statewide Work Force. Statistics from May,…

A GROWING POPULATION, MIGRATION FROM RURAL TO URBAN AREAS, AND AN EXPANDING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS FORCING ARKANSAS TO REAPPRAISE ITS BASIC SKILLS OFFERINGS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. SINCE ARKANSAS IS NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE MASSIVE INCREASES IN SPENDING FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, THE STATE MUST DECIDE IF IT IS DIRECTING ITS EXPENDITURES TO…

TWENTY-NINE REPRESENTATIVES OF MANAGEMENT, TRADE UNIONS, AND GOVERNMENTS FROM 28 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN A STUDY COURSE DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD ALREADY ACQUIRED SOME EXPERIENCE WITH LABOR PROBLEMS AND HELD, OR WERE LIKELY TO HOLD, POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FIELD OF LABOR. ADDRESSED TO QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE LABOR FORCE AND ITS…

The author proposes that residential segregation is presently one of the greatest national problems. Suburban "white nooses" surround the cities, in which are concentrated the swelling nonwhite population. Former Federal mortgage policies gave preference to "modal" families--young, upwardly mobile couples with children, and…

This paper, one in a series of occasional publications, discusses population growth and trends in the African Republic of Zaire. The series is intended to increase understanding of the interrelationships between population growth and socioeconomic and cultural patterns throughout the world, and to communicate this understanding to scholars and…

A sample of 218 black low-income mothers is used to investigate the mothers' perception of their need for family life and sex education for their entire family, attitude toward public school, family life and sex education, and the concept of the population crisis. This study focuses on low income families because this population has been most…

There are three developments which have profoundly affected mans' values, attitudes, social institutions, and behaviorisms. These are the population explosion, the population implosion, and population differentiation. These three developments are interrelated and are affected by accelerating rates of technological and social change. By reason of…

This teacher's guide is the grades 7-9 unit for population education developed for the Baltimore public schools. This mini-demography course covers various factors of population growth and change. The activities of the unit focus on seven major concepts: (1) demography provides information for understanding population growth, trends, and changes;…

Population education is the focus of this quinmester curriculum guide for secondary students. By examining and comparing past population theories of Malthus and Marx with present theories students will better understand the present situation, cultural attitudes toward the problems, and the ecological consequences of overpopulation. Objectives are…

This report seeks to clarify the advantages and disadvantages of three approaches to educational planning, and suggests that an eclectic approach is necessary to deal successfully with the problems and prospects of future planning. Each approach is examined to determine its methodology, its alleged shortcomings, and its application in selected…

The self-study unit for intermediate grades deals with growth and distribution of the black population of the United States. The unit shows how and why the black population started from a rural southern base and became a largely urban population, compares the black people of two cities, one northern and one southern, and discusses how they are…

This document describes how American education may be organized and operated three decades hence and investigates the effects of population growth on the cost of providing this future schooling and on the number of instructional personnel it will require. Projections resulting from this research suggest that relatively more resources will probably…

Whatever migration patterns evolve, changes in the age structure mean that rural communities in general can expect fairly stable elementary school population, reduced high school population, slower growth in new business and employment, and continued increase in the elderly population. (JHZ)

This videotape attempts to show students how the uncontrolled development of the world's major cities has led to a series of problems such as air pollution, water pollution, limited room for waste disposal, housing shortages, and loss of farmland. The videotape profiles four mega-cities: Mexico City, Shanghai, Istanbul, and New York City. Students…

In discussing the human and cultural implications of scientific discoveries and knowledge, the biological concept of carrying capacity is explored. Maintaining that human beings are truly animals answering to principles that govern all animals, the author addresses the need for human populations to work within the context of culture and carrying…