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Vakkai, Roseline Jindori Yunusa; Harris, Karleah; Chaplin, Kenneth Sean; Crabbe, Jordan Jimmy; Reynolds, Mara – Journal of International Students, 2020
This literature review explores the sociocultural experiences of international graduate students in universities in the United States. In addition to the typical challenges faced by students going to universities in America, international graduate students undergo extra stress. Research has shown that students face issues such as negotiating the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Student Welfare, Quality of Life
Carlson, Robert V. – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1992
Reviews literature on characteristics of rural schools and rural communities and compares these findings with the results of an open-ended survey of rural professionals about their experiences working in rural schools. Both sources identified limited resources as a problem, but quality of life issues were more explicitly identified by survey…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Financial Problems, Quality of Life, Rural Areas
Miller, Sheila J. – 1979
Although the older person's economic stiuation has improved, older women, minorities, and rural residents have incomes significantly lower than those for the older population in general. Older married women may appear to be financially secure, but many of their resources often disappear when their husbands die. Widowhood or divorce endangers the…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Females, Financial Problems, Income
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Dickinson, Amy – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1996
Financial insecurity can affect family life at all income levels across all races. Hardships resulting from financial insecurity fall most heavily upon women--directly through inferior wages and income opportunities, or indirectly through abusive actions by discontented spouses. Empowering women in the financial arena can stabilize families and…
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling, Dependents, Family (Sociological Unit)
Estrine, Judith – 2003
This brochure presents the facts about the financial situation of older women. It explains the vital role of Social Security (SS) for women and offers suggestions to improve their financial outlook. A true/false checklist tests knowledge about women growing older and remaining financially secure. These reasons for poorer older women are outlined:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Divorce, Employed Women
Stephens, E. Robert; Turner, Walter G. – 1988
The rural school superintendency is, in many ways, as demanding and difficult as the urban superintendency. Chapter 1 of this book provides a working definition of a rural small school district, an estimation of the number of rural systems in the nation that fit the criteria, and a profile of rural small school superintendents. Chapter 2 discusses…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Policy