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Prescott, Julie, Ed. – IGI Global, 2016
Diversity in the workforce can be attributed to both a popular, cultural shift and legislative intervention. Despite these forces, discrimination endures in all aspects of Western society from education to employment. Unequal pay and opportunities for promotion are symptoms of a systematic discrimination of individuals based on race and gender.…
Descriptors: Diversity, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Social Change
Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education, 2012
The Institute for International Public Policy program provides a single grant to assist a consortia of institutions of higher education in establishing an institute designed to increase the representation of minorities in international service, including private international voluntary organizations and the Foreign Service of the United States. A…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Minority Group Students
Wisser, Katherine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Bibliographic classification is culturally bound. This research examines the classification systems created for social libraries in the first half of the nineteenth century in the United States. Social libraries are defined as institutions that have voluntary membership and are dependent on membership fees. Seventeen classified catalogs were…
Descriptors: Classification, United States History, Cultural Differences, Libraries
Farkas, Livia J. – Migration World Magazine, 1992
Describes the Refugee Data Center (RDC) (New York City), a hub for linking refugees with voluntary resettlement agencies. The RDC maintains a database on refugees as they progress toward final resettlement in the United States. At present, RDC files include refugees from Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Databases, Immigrants, Information Dissemination
ACTION, Washington, DC. – 1975
After an introduction, which notes a continued growth in ACTION's programs and provides brief comments on new developments in the major ones, the major content is presented in six topics: (1) International Operations, which gives an account of Peace Corps activities in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Near East, and the Pacific; (2) Domestic…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Federal Programs, International Programs, Program Descriptions
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Wolozin, Harold – 1975
Estimates of the annual value of volunteer services in the United States for the period from 1965 to 1974 are presented in this study, with the first goal being to estimate the value of volunteer services for the benchmark year 1974. Its reference points are based upon the results of a national survey of volunteer services sponsored by ACTION…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, National Surveys, Social Indicators, Social Influences
Worthington, Linda, Ed. – 1982
U.S. organizations interested in and involved with hunger issues and actions are described in this annotated listing. There are four major sections: (1) non-government organizations; (2) regional agencies; (3) government organizations, including United Nations and multilateral agencies, U.S. Congress, and federal government agencies; and (4)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Breakfast Programs, Federal Programs, Food
Gardner, John W. – AGB Reports, 1979
The independent sector is seen as a powerful and positive force in our national life because of its freedom from constraints, its pluralism, its environment for innovation, home for nonmajoritarian ideas, stimulus to individual initiative, opportunities for participation, role as an instrument of community, etc. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Citizen Participation, Community, Creativity
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Skory, Violet – Canadian Library Journal, 1989
The development and current status of Friends of the Library groups in Canada and the United States are discussed. Suggestions for forming a group and fostering cooperation between the Friends and the library are offered. The resulting benefits to the library and the community are explored. (25 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Community Services, Community Support, Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. – 1973
Based on the assumption that the steps involved in the total Peace Corps program-training process as well as the interrelationship of programing and training are essential to a trainer's ability to design, implement, and evaluate good training, the 11 steps of the program-training-evaluation process are described here with illustrative diagrams…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation, Guidelines
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1996
This resource manual is designed to provide Peace Corps trainers, trainees, and volunteers with an opportunity to learn more about diversity in the United States so they may help others they are serving to understand what it means to be an American. Section I contains six activities for preservice training: Just the Facts; If I Were; Stereotypes:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups
Schuett, Michael A.; Ostergren, David. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2003
The authors examined environmental concern and involvement of individuals in two voluntary associations, the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) and National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council, Inc. (NOHVCC). Environmental concerns were assessed using the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP). When compared, results from 10 of 12…
Descriptors: Organizations (Groups), Recreational Activities, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
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Epstein, Irving – Comparative Education, 1996
Analyzes institutional responses to homelessness among children and youth in the United States and Brazil as a means of understanding the workings of the neoliberal state, both in developing and developed nations. Highlights a major contradiction of neoliberalism--its promotion of symbolic political and social inclusion, while simultaneously…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
American Fletcher National Bank and Trust Co., Indianapolis, IN. – 1983
Designed for high school economics students as a public service project of the American Fletcher National Bank, the booklet examines corporate philanthropy in the context of President Reagan's "New Federalism," a program designed to return social welfare and human service programs to state and local government and the business community.…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Action, Economics Education, High Schools
ACTION, Washington, DC. – 1976
A survey questionnaire was mailed to all active Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in the summer of 1975. Based on an internal analysis of the 3,479 respondents (a 66% return), the following findings represent the manner in which PCVs perceive their volunteer experience. Perceived volunteer accomplishments and morale are very high. Volunteers believe…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Programs, International Relations, Job Satisfaction
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