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Rumbaut, Ruben G. – 1996
This paper seeks to make sense of the new diversity in the United States, with a focus on immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean. Some key facts and figures about contemporary immigrants are presented, looking at their patterns of settlement and comparing their distinctive social and economic characteristics to major U.S. racial-ethnic…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Demography, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
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Dandonoli, Patricia – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Data from the fifteenth American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages survey on foreign language enrollment are presented in charts which indicate public high school enrollments (in Spanish, French, German, Russian, Italian, and Latin) from 1980-1985, foreign language enrollment by state, level of instruction, and enrollments in less…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, French, High Schools, Italian
Nielsen, Francois; Fernandez, Roberto M. – 1981
Presenting data and analyses from the first wave of the study "High School and Beyond" (HS&B), a longitudinal study of United States high school sophomores and seniors, the report focuses on the composition of the Hispanic tenth and twelfth grade student population with respect to various characteristics; i.e., language use and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Cubans