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Weeks, Ann A. – 1985
A study was conducted to differentiate by cities and towns the various demographic characteristics of students that Dutchess Community College (DCC) was receiving from its major service area, Dutchess County, in order to ascertain if DCC was receiving its expected share of students from these cities and towns. All the students enrolling at DCC…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, Community Colleges, Community Surveys
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Rodrigue, Christine M. – Journal of Geography, 1996
Describes a writing assignment designed to educate students about an ethnic group different than their own. Students first wrote a factual account of how their family arrived at the local region. They then wrote an account from the perspective of a fictional student from a different ethnic group. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Demography
Mazey, Mary Ellen; Lee, David R. – 1983
Presented from a geographical perspective, this book examines major themes of human geography by drawing from the literature on feminism. The book is arranged into four parts. Part 1 examines sex ratios throughout the world, geographical distribution of female rights and status, spatial patterns of the Equal Rights Amendment ratification, the…
Descriptors: Abortions, Contraception, Demography, Employment Patterns