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Napier, Ted L.; Wright, Cathy J. – 1976
Rural farm residents from central Ohio were administered a follow-up survey to ascertain the social impact (post shock) of a 1970-1974 lake development project which necessitated the acquisition of 8,800 acres of privately owned land and the physical relocation of approximately 90 families. A random sampled consisted of 89 restructured community…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures
Nussbaum, Claire A. – 1981
Community education programs have seldom presented quantitative data to validate the usefulness of the program. This study was an attempt to establish a beginning community education program while planning for quantitative evaluation from the initiation of the project. Based on a group process, community residents were involved in the development…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Community Attitudes
May, Eleanor G.; Hauck, Margo E. – 1981
The economic impact and the cultural and community service impact of the University of Virginia on Charlottesville and Albemarle County were assessed. The economic activity was measured in terms of business volume, personal income, and employment, while the cultural and community impact of the university was measured by residents' use of…
Descriptors: Athletics, College Libraries, Community Attitudes, Community Benefits
Orr, Kenneth; Williamson, Alan – 1973
In 1972 Islander children in the Torres Strait Islands were receiving an education designed for children of the dominant white society in Queensland. Observation and interviews with parents (36), teachers (28), and others (14) revealed that adult Islanders valued but did not understand the white education that was culturally inappropriate for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Attitudes, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Problems
Brown, S. K.; Maisey, J. R. – 1980
Case studies of two small rural schools in Western Australia were conducted to examine the contention that neglect of distinctive economic, social and demographic environments of schools in rural areas has led to a tendency for rural schools to become carbon copies of urban schools, and thus to a mismatch between educational provision and the…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Educational Policy
Download full textDunne, Faith; Carlsen, William S. – 1981
Small rural schools with fewer than 15 pupils per grade at the elementary level, fewer than 200 pupils in high schools, and fewer than 300 pupils in all grades at K-12 (or 1-12) schools or districts were profiled in 1980 by the National Institute of Education. Nearly 6,000 small schools were scattered throughout the country with the following…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Boards of Education, Community Attitudes
Abeyta, Emilio – 1977
This report reviews the history of school desegregation in Providence, analyzes the role of various individuals and groups in the desegregation process, and discusses the community's response. Background information on Providence is given in terms of government, population shifts, school enrollment, and school restructuring. An analysis of the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Bus Transportation, Busing, Community Attitudes
BUMBARGER, CHESTER S.; AND OTHERS – 1967
A PROFESSIONAL STUDY WAS CONTRACTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO ASSESS THE LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROGRESS IN MOVING FROM A DUAL TO AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL SYSTEM. AN EVALUATION OF COMMUNITY ATTITUDES AND THE EXTENT OF INFLUENCE GIVEN BY CIVIC LEADERS INDICATED GENERALLY FAVORABLE SUPPORT FOR IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY…
Descriptors: Black Education, Centralization, Community Attitudes, Compensatory Education
Hendrick, Irving G. – 1968
A report on the history of school integration in Riverside, California, describes the city and traces the inception of a desegregation plan. Chapters discuss the developing consciousness of the need for improvement in minority group education, the confrontation in 1965 between school officials and minority group parents, and commitment of the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Blacks, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
Barnes, Robert F.; And Others – 1967
The provision of housing facilities and child day-care centers for migrant workers has in many cases produced problems among migrant workers and the communities concerned. The reactions of both groups have ranged from generally positive to highly negative. This monograph presents the findings of an exploratory study conducted during the first year…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Palmer, Joe Darwin – 1973
A new and important part of the training and education of English as a second language teachers is the course in "Language Policy," which centers on the relationship between politics and language teaching in developing countries, i.e., on language planning. A better understanding and more knowledge might be had by including static and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Community Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
Wick, John W.; Beggs, Donald L. – 1971
This book was written for teachers, administrators, professional specialists in the schools, and students in training in an effort to acquaint them with educational research and measurement techniques produced by experts in these areas. No special mathematical background is assumed, and the book may serve as a supplementary text in such courses as…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Classification, Community Attitudes, Decision Making
Benson, Peter L. – 1997
This book challenges American communities to reclaim their responsibility for raising healthy, successful, and caring children and adolescents. The book also offers a critique of American culture along with practical strategies for uniting and mobilizing communities around a shared vision of healthy development. The book argues that three…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Behavior, Child Health, Child Rearing
Musser, Patricia Maureen – 1998
Recognizing the need for family, school, and community members to participate in partnerships to support middle level children, this study investigated the perceptions of family members, community members, and middle school teachers regarding their relationships with each other from a perspective that views all three groups as integral parts of a…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Responsibility, Community Role, Focus Groups
Simsek, Hasan; Balci, Ayse – 1997
This study investigated the perceptions of various stakeholders concerning the current and future roles and functions of the Middle East Technical University (METU), a leading large public university in Turkey. The data used in this paper were derived from a larger research project that was designed to assess the quality of various dimensions of…
Descriptors: College Role, Colleges, Community Attitudes, Cultural Differences
