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State Univ. of New York, Ithaca. Coll. of Human Ecology at Cornell Univ. – 1971
Reported are reviews of the Cornell-OEO Project in South Brooklyn by the family assistants--women who lived in the community and worked with the families served. The collection of statements are presented as they were dictated or written. When the statement was in Spanish it was translated to English. These statements of the family assistants…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Services, Extension Education, Nonprofessional Personnel
Peer reviewedWhitfield, Lin – Community Development Journal, 1987
The authors describe the city farm movement in Great Britain. This movement promotes the redevelopment of urban waste areas as working farms and community gardens. (CH)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Farm Management, Farm Visits
Download full textJenkins, Martin D.; Ross, Bernard H. – 1974
The regional conferences were sponsored by the Office of Urban Affairs of the American Council of Education. The major purpose of the conferences was to encourage and assist college and university administrators and faculty members to give systematic thought to the dimensions of their involvement in urban affairs during the 1970's, with emphasis…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Pulver, Glen C.; And Others – 1969
At the Mid-Continent Conference on "The Role of the University in Community Development," 3 major papers were presented. In the first, Glen C. Pulver dealt with urban problems and used Milwaukee, Wisconsin as an example to illustrate the complexities of modern metropolitan life. Because communication among various groups in the city is necessary…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Extension Agents, Higher Education
Beattie, J. Richard – 1973
The objective of this study was to determine what selected states in the Northeast are doing in the area of Extension Inner City educational programs that would be of assistance to Massachusetts, other Northeastern states, and other states in the country in developing and implementing programs adapted to current societal needs. Information…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Extension Education, Inner City, Interviews
The Cooperative Extension Service: Paradoxical Servant--The Rural Precedent in Continuing Education.
Miller, Paul A. – 1973
The paradox of the Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service lies in the fact that it has made rural America economically and technologically wealthy while at the same time its human services have declined relative to the rest of the nation. The growth of an urban industrial society has resulted in a new view of agriculture as a business rather…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Cooperative Programs, Extension Agents
Lichtenstein, Lynn; Harding, Margaret – 1971
The site of the Cornell-OEO project in South Brooklyn is described in terms of physical characteristics, ethnic composition, family composition, age of residents, income, and other qualities. Two large housing projects in the area are described. The charging character of the neighborhoods and its impact on the residents is outlined. Tables and…
Descriptors: Community Services, Consumer Education, Demography, Extension Education
Peer reviewedPrawl, Warren L.; Jorns, William J. – Journal of Extension, 1976
An evaluation of the Douglas County (Kansas) Extension Program to determine clientele's level of awareness and acceptance of the program and program strengths and weaknesses, to establish new program directions and a base line for future evaluation efforts, and to develop methodology and materials to be used in evaluation. Procedures, findings,…
Descriptors: County Programs, Educational Programs, Extension Agents, Extension Education
Peer reviewedSawyer, G. M. – Journal of Extension, 1973
Special Urban Issue. Revised paper read at Opening Convocation, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, September 21, 1972. (DS)
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Evening Programs
Samuels, Frank – Adult Leadership, 1975
ABE urban extension presents one approach to the solution of the educational problems of the urban disadvantaged. Five potential problem areas are identified, realizing that even if they are resolved by intervention strategy, success depends upon appreciation of ABE participants as "legitimate" students with accompanying rights, duties, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Change Strategies, Disadvantaged, Educational Problems
KRAVITZ, SANFORD L. – 1967
THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE WAYS IN WHICH THE UNIVERSITY CAN AND MUST HELP THE CITY SOLVE ITS PROBLEMS. HE SEES THE TWO MAJOR NEEDS OF URBAN INSTITUTIONS AS A MANPOWER SHORTAGE AND A KNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. THE UNIVERSITY MUST MOBILIZE ITS RESOURCES RAPIDLY AND RESPONSIBLY NOT ONLY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WORKERS AVAILABLE BUT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Educational Responsibility, Human Resources, Labor Force Development
Miller, Paul A. – 1968
For the university to be of service, it must be attuned to urban life. Some educators have suggested that a special chain of urban grant universities could reproduce in the cities the success of the landgrant colleges with rural society. The question is: Is the rural precedent really pertinent to contemporary urban needs? Analogies from urban…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Philosophy, Informal Education, Land Grant Universities
Raymond, George M.; Shiffman, Ronald – 1967
The Pratt Center for Community Improvement was founded in Brooklyn in 1963 by Pratt Institute. Its aim was to help equalize the knowledge level of city and community representatives concerning issues in urban renewal, and to gain the confidence of local residents and enhance their participation in decision making. Participant education and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Centers, Community Education, Community Leaders
Brownell, Joseph C. – 1971
This report covers a six-month sabbatical travel study of urban 4-H programs in 30 United States cities. The purpose of the study was to search for 4-H programs and methods which were being used successfully with urban boys and which might be adapted for use in other urban situations. Interviews with professional 4-H personnel, aides, and leaders…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Field Studies
MILLER, PAUL A. – 1966
TWO FORCES ARE COLLIDING IN THE LIFE OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY TODAY--HISTORIC SENTIMENT, NURTURED BY THE FACULTY, AND THE PRESSURES OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO WHICH ADMINISTRATORS HAVE HAD TO ACCOMODATE. ADULT EDUCATION IS AT THE POINT OF IMPACT AND THE BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY NECESSARY TO MEET THE ISSUE HAVE NOT BEEN RAISED.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Role, Educational Planning
