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Urrea Giraldo, Fernando – Migration Today, 1982
Examines socioeconomic factors that affected Colombian migration into New York City and the participation of Colombian immigrants in the urban labor market. Stresses that analyses of migration processes must consider migrants' emotional lives, ideologies, and social group characteristics. (MJL)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Labor Market
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Sanchez-Arnau, J. C.; Calvo, Elba Hermida – Higher Education in Europe, 1987
Patterns and reasons for migration of highly educated manpower, primarily from developing to developed nations, are examined; and efforts to encourage return to home countries are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Attainment
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Adelman, Clifford – Change, 1988
Data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Graduating Class of 1972 and the Postsecondary Education Transcript Study are analyzed to confirm or challenge common assumptions about community college students' attendance, transfer, and graduation patterns. (MSE)
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic)
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Reid, John – Population Bulletin, 1982
In this bulletin, recent demographic and socioeconomic trends among American blacks are reviewed and compared with trends among whites. The report includes information on black population growth and composition; rural-urban distribution; fertility and family planning practice; mortality; migration; family structure and marital status; education;…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Black Achievement, Black Population Trends, Blacks