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Direct linkGilroy, Marilyn – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
Economic opportunity, the force that has driven population shifts for years, is changing the face of migration as Hispanics move into parts of the nation beyond border states and traditional ports of entry. North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Indiana are experiencing a steady growth in Hispanic population. In addition, West Virginia, Ohio, and…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Economic Opportunities, Immigration, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedWhite, Stephen E. – Rural Sociology, 1998
Examines population change in the High Plains of western Kansas in terms of an internal colonialism-dependency model. Identifies a wide range of colonial dependent characteristics, including long-term population decline, high median age, highly channelized migration flows, and continuing outmigration of the region's most educated inhabitants.…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Colonialism, Educational Attainment, Migration Patterns
Download full textBureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. – 1968
A brief history of Indian tribes in the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa is presented. Discussion centers around individual Indian tribes which are representative of early and modern Indian life in these states. Native tribes, nomadic tribes, and emigrant tribes are considered. A section devoted to Indians in these states today offers an…
Descriptors: American Indians, Collective Settlements, Cultural Background, Educational Practices
PDF pending restorationAnderson, Kenneth E. – 1970
This report, developed by the Master Planning Commission on Kansas education, provides some demographic considerations important to the future of education in Kansas. The focus is on the early years beyond high school. Specifically the number of high school seniors are projected over the period of the next decade and a half. Due to its very…
Descriptors: Demography, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFlora, Jan L. – American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1976
Compares per-pupil educational costs for rural and urban Kansas counties, including costs resulting from rural-urban migration of educated young people, and analyzes the potential impact of various school tax reforms. (JG)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Finance Reform
Flora, Cornelia B. – 1976
Gross migration from Kansas to other states and to Kansas from the rest of the nation between 1965 and 1970 was examined. Data were obtained through a comparison of where an individual lived in 1965 with where he or she lived in 1970. Twelve percent (250,832 people) of the 1970 population migrated to Kansas between 1965 and 1970. However, 14%…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Maps, Metropolitan Areas, Migrants
Peer reviewedAdamchak, Donald J. – Rural Sociology, 1987
Surveys importance of economic and environmental factors in motivation of metro- and nonmetro-origin migrants relocating in 13 Kansas nonmetropolitan nonamenity turnaround counties. Finds employment-related reasons predominate, with economic characteristics of counties a significant factor. Quality of life/environmental reasons were less…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Decision Making, Economic Factors, Employment
