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Levine, Louis; And Others – 1969
The data provided in the second volume of this two-volume report are interpreted within the context of the social and economic problems identified in the first volume. With its lack of diversified industry, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was found to have the revenue problems typical of a depressed economy, accentuated by a decline in markets for its…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Disadvantaged
Britton, Joseph H.; Britton, Jean O. – 1972
The specific aims of the investigation reported in this book were: (1) to determine the consistency or change in personality and adjustment of older adults over time and to learn what factors are related to consistency or changes; (2) to study the problem of survivorship by analyzing differences between survivors in regard to socio-psychological…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavioral Science Research, Bibliographies, Books
Commission on Human Relations, Philadelphia, PA. – 1960
THIS 1960 STATEMENT OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM OF DE FACTO SEGREGATION IN PHILADELPHIA. THE EXTENT OF SCHOOL AND FACULTY SEGREGATION IS INDICATED, AND THE REASONS FOR ITS EXISTENCE ARE DISCUSSED. IT IS FELT THAT THE CULTURAL DEFICIT WHICH RESULTS FROM RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION REQUIRES COMPENSATORY…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Students, Community Attitudes, Compensatory Education