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Rural Coastal Landowner Attitudes And Implementation Of Connecticut Coastal Area Management Act, Joseph Diamond, Richard Ledbetter Nov 1980

Rural Coastal Landowner Attitudes And Implementation Of Connecticut Coastal Area Management Act, Joseph Diamond, Richard Ledbetter

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Rural Sociology And Rural Social Work: An Historical Essay, Emilia E. Martinez-Brawley Jul 1980

Rural Sociology And Rural Social Work: An Historical Essay, Emilia E. Martinez-Brawley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The relationship between rural sociology and rural social work can be traced back to the days of the Country Life Commission (1908), and has experienced many fluctuations throughout the years. This paper examines the interconnections between the developments in the two fields, drawing from historical data which lead to che hypothesis that those fluctuations were caused by forces within each discipline as well as by developments affecting the interactions of each field with the other. It appears that academic and theoretical issues were not alone in causing contention in the relationship between rural sociology and the practice of rural social …


Estimating Impacts Of Industrial Development In Killingly, Connecticut, Daniel A. Lass, Joseph Diamond Jun 1980

Estimating Impacts Of Industrial Development In Killingly, Connecticut, Daniel A. Lass, Joseph Diamond

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Projected Changes In Northeastern Skiing Participation And Supply Capacity As Influenced By A Changing Economy, Marvin Kottke Apr 1980

Projected Changes In Northeastern Skiing Participation And Supply Capacity As Influenced By A Changing Economy, Marvin Kottke

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Academicians: A Discussion Of Research Findings On Their Religious And Scientific Orientations, Dean Schneck Jan 1980

Academicians: A Discussion Of Research Findings On Their Religious And Scientific Orientations, Dean Schneck

Sociology and Rural Studies Plan B Research Projects

This study explored the following question, ·What type of "relationship" exists between academic statuses and a religious orientation? Three objectives guided the theme of this paper: 1. Present the views of the Pre-Empirical Period on the compatibility of science and religion. 2. Examine Twentieth Century empirical investigations on the compatibility of science and religion in the lives of academicians. 3. Develop a typology of research conclusions pertaining to the compatibility of science and religion in the lives of academicians. Data concerning the compatibility of science and religion in academicians' lives was extracted from secondary sources whose populations were scientists, college …


The Effect Of Source-Message-Variants On Racial Attitude Change Among College Freshmen, Winfrey M. Ruffin, Jr. Jan 1980

The Effect Of Source-Message-Variants On Racial Attitude Change Among College Freshmen, Winfrey M. Ruffin, Jr.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this study was to determine how the racial attitudes of freshman students were reinforced or altered by variant stereotypic messages received from differing classroom instructors. A theoretical model and an associated set of propositions and hypotheses were formulated based on symbolic interactionism, consistency and dissonance theory, and information relating processes. The following research hypothesis was generated: Groups receiving variant messages, both as to source and content, will differ in the extent of change in the attitudes of their members toward persons of the opposite race. Twenty-six null hypotheses were formulated, covering different sourse [sic]-message variation as applied …


A Study Of The Elderly's Anticipated Participation In Educational Activities, Roger Reed Jan 1980

A Study Of The Elderly's Anticipated Participation In Educational Activities, Roger Reed

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The main objectives of this study were: (1) to determine the extent to which persons who are fifty through sixty- nine years of age anticipate participating in educational activities; (2) to determine how the conditions under which educational activities are offered would effect [sic] the anticipated participation of the elderly, and (3) to ascertain what factors explain anticipated participation in educational activities of the elderly. The units of analysis were individuals who were at least fifty years of age but no more than seventy years of age on t heir last birthday and who had permanent residence within thirty-five miles …


A Comparative Perspective On The Status Attainment Process Of White And Native American Youth, Leonard R. Decker Jan 1980

A Comparative Perspective On The Status Attainment Process Of White And Native American Youth, Leonard R. Decker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Status attainment, as commonly indicated by levels of educational and occupational achievement, is a complicated process. A variety of variables have been found to be quite influential in the determination of one's eventual position in the social hierarchy of American society. Research done jointly by William H. Sewell and Robert M. Hauser (1972, 1975) regarding the status attainment process has resulted in a Wisconsin model of Adolescent Achievement in which the authors have identified a number of experiences that have significant import for young people's post-high school educational and occupational attainments. The Sewell and Hauser model links socioeconomic origins and …