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Reynolds, Nora Pillard – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Given the tormented history of development projects around the globe and the fact that global service learning and engineering-for-development often engages students in development interventions, it is critically important to explore the impact of global service learning projects and partnerships not only on student learning, which has received…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Global Approach, Case Studies
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Bourke, Lisa; Luloff, A. E. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1995
Data from nearly 50 community leaders in 4 nonmetropolitan Pennsylvania counties show that both positive and negative impacts from tourism development were expected; local support was essential. Some feared that tourism was a threat to the rural atmosphere. (SK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Leaders, Economic Impact
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Robertson, S. M.; Murphy, Dennis J.; Davis, Lisa A. – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Context: The physical hazards of farming have been extensively studied and reported upon. Far less studied are the social and emotional impacts of farmwork injuries and deaths. Purpose: To investigate and document broad but targeted issues regarding the impact on individuals, families, and communities of farmwork injuries and fatalities of farmer…
Descriptors: Injuries, Death, Agricultural Occupations, Psychological Patterns
Willie, Charles V., Ed.; Greenblath, Susan L., Ed. – 1981
This book contains reports on ten school districts' responses to court ordered desegregation. The book begins with an historical background and a discussion of racial politics and community conflict. Following the introduction are the ten case studies, whose titles reveal the city and issues under examination: (1) "Boston, Massachusetts:…
Descriptors: Black Students, Busing, Case Studies, Community Attitudes
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Popkin, Susan J.; Galster, George C.; Temkin, Kenneth; Herbig, Carla; Levy, Diane K.; Richer, Elise K. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2003
Between 1992 and 1996 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) settled a number of legal cases involving housing authorities and agreed to take remedial action as part of court-enforced consent decrees entered into with plaintiffs. These housing authorities faced significant obstacles that impaired their ability to comply swiftly…
Descriptors: Public Housing, Neighborhood Integration, Compliance (Legal), Minority Groups