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McCarthy, Kevin F. – 1980
Current U.S. settlement patterns have begun to exhibit a significant shift away from very large metropolitan centers toward more thinly settled peripheral areas. This new trend has been the subject of many recent studies which have considered data on the county level but have been unable to detect population movement within counties and among…
Descriptors: Demography, Metropolitan Areas, Migration, Population Distribution
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Fairchild, Halford H.; Tucker, M. Belinda – Journal of Social Issues, 1982
Uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine trends in Black residential mobility from slavery to the present. Focuses particularly on evolution of urban ghettos and considers present and future public policy issues. (GC)
Descriptors: Black History, Black Population Trends, Ghettos, Industrialization
Goodman, John L., Jr. – 1978
This paper examines the human and locational factors that influence patterns of residential mobility within metropolitan areas and discusses ways that public policy influences mobility patterns. The first section focuses on current demographic trends in central cities and suburbs, discussing data from the mid 1970s on population movement between…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Housing Opportunities, Inner City, Metropolitan Areas
McCarthy, Kevin F. – 1984
In this paper significant demographic trends in the United States are described and anlyzed in relation to their implications for education. Focus is placed on six major trends. (1) The United States is moving toward zero population growth, and the long term prospect for school enrollment is for decline. (2) The age structure of the population is…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Planning, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
California State Dept. of Housing and Community Development, Sacramento. – 1987
California, largest employer of seasonal labor in the United States, employs an average of 119,600 seasonal farmworkers per year. Since 1966 the State Department of Housing and Community Development's Office of Migrant Services has contracted with local government agencies to provide decent/affordable housing for approximately 50,220 families…
Descriptors: Demography, Family Characteristics, Low Rent Housing, Migrant Children
Butz, William P.; And Others – 1982
This document examines trends in the United States population since World War II, and projects a scenario of how demographic and economic phenomena may evolve over the next several decades. The report is divided into five sections. Section 1 introduces the volume and discusses generally some of the effects of the nation's transition to zero…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Educational Policy, Family Size
Hawley, Willis D., Ed. – 1981
The 12 articles in this book cover most of the significant issues about which judges, policymakers, educators, and parents are concerned when they evaluate and debate the desirability of school desegregation. Part I addresses the legal context of desegregation policy with (1) "Brown in Perspective," by William L. Taylor. The effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Effects