Maintains that the Welch and Wilson studies cannot be directly compared due to differences in the larger universe from which the samples were drawn. Contends Welch's findings are an extension of his own, but questions his conclusion that desegregation implementation plans were a cause of declining white enrollment. (GEA)

A national study showed that increased exposure of White pupils to Black pupils substantially affects the demography of school systems and leads to reductions in White enrollment. However, White enrollment losses appear to be short term, limited primarily to the year a desegregation program is implemented. (Author/RM)

Presents results of a study to determine whether particular schools in desegregating districts were disproportionate contributors to declines in white enrollment during desegregation. Suggests that proportions of African-American and Hispanic pupils and the implementation of minor desegregation programs are all associated with decreased white…

The inconsistency in research investigations of the process of white flight is especially evident when social scientists become actors in the legal drama surrounding the desegregation of public schools. Social science "experts" for the contending litigants often present contradictory evidence. The resultant ambiguity allows judges and…

This paper documents trends in school segregation in different geographical regions throughout the United States between 1968 and 1976. The avarage level of school segregation between whites and minorities (Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans) declined from a level of 42 to 21 points (on a scale of 0 to 100). Most of this reduction was due to…

This paper reports the findings of a national study of the impact of school desegregation programs on white public school enrollment from 1968 to 1976. School districts studied were grouped according to region, metropolitan status, and source of pressure to desegregate. It was found that only central city districts that had been subjected to court…