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Sandefur, Gary D., Ed.; Tienda, Marta, Ed. – 1988
A healthy economy is the best offense against poverty, but economic growth alone cannot close the wide gap between the poverty rates of minorities and whites. This collection examines the socioeconomic status of racial and ethnic minorities, their experiences with poverty, and the effects of federal social policies toward minority groups from 1787…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anthologies, Blacks, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedWiegand, Wayne A. – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1983
Recounts events that led to the firing of Mary L. Jones, Director of Los Angeles Public Library (1905) and caught in public crossfire such figures as the mayor, city council, library board of directors, Charles Lummis (Jones's replacement), Susan B. Anthony, Anna Shaw, Herbert Putnam, and Melvil Dewey. (29 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Administrators, Dismissal (Personnel), Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Peer reviewedMangla, P. B. – Education for Information: The International Review of Education and Training in Library and Information Science, 1984
Traces historical developments and recent trends in library and information science research in United States, Great Britain, and India; discusses factors contributing to developments in United States and United Kingdom; and reviews Ranganathan's contributions in detail. Some factors hindering research in India and areas which require research are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLandale, Nancy S.; Guest, Avery M. – American Sociological Review, 1990
Investigates the influence of generation and country of origin on occupational mobility between 1880 and 1900 among a sample of U.S. White men. These factors seem to have had little influence on the mobility process during this period, though northern and western European immigrants gained occupationally from newer migration flows. (AF)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities
Commission des Communautes Europeennes (Luxembourg). – 1986
Nearly one-third of the European Community population of 320 million is involved daily with some form of education. The Community Education Action Programme celebrated its tenth anniversary in February 1986. The initial thrust was to increase mutual understanding and promote closer relations between the different education systems of member…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Innovation
Download full textLauderdale, William Burt – 1987
By examining the trends in equity and academic excellence, this monograph interprets America's history of educational reform. The first section, "The Legacy of Reform," analyzes themes after colonial times. William Penn and Benjamin Franklin advocated humanitarian, middle-class education following the American Revolution. By the late…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Opportunities
Gonon, Philipp, Ed.; Haefeli, Kurt, Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Ludwig, Iris, Ed. – 2001
In addition to an "Introduction" (Gonon, et. al), there are these 18 essays: "Women and Men in Swiss Vocational Education (Borkowsy); "Women in Basic and Advanced Training" (Grossenbacher); "How Constitutional Change and Legal Reform Projects Foster Equal Opportunities in the Fields of Vocational Education and Higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice
