Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...such a program could not be adopted by Radcliffe, Mrs. Bunting cautioned, because of the confusion, size, and complexity of urban life. In a rural setting, academic maturity would be the primary measure of a girl's success. She said that Vassar and Bennington have ideal conditions...
...Urban colleges offer other unique opportunities for women's education, according to Mrs. Bunting. Citing the Radcliffe Institute, she suggested that the urban college consider "the needs of women in the third and fourth decade of their lives" by providing programs for adult education. She noted that women's colleges have lagged far behind state colleges and universities in offering educational opportunities for adults...
...disheartening offshoot of the rural problem, the peasants are stampeding to the cities and creating an acute urban problem: festering slums...
...swelling shack towns that overlook Caracas' gleaming skyscrapers hold a quarter of a million people. Slums are worst in the capitals, but they grow almost as fast in secondary towns. All told, an estimated 40 million of Latin America's 200 million people are urban slum dwellers...
...slum dwellers; the government has also started a crash program to raze the city's slums and replace them with low-cost housing. Much of Latin America counts on the Alliance for Progress to further slum removal. In its first year, $145 million is earmarked for urban improvement. Typical projects: $16 million to Colombia for low-cost housing and schools, $15 million to Peru for water lines and sewage pipes in the worst Lima slums...