Race and class inequality have long governed patterns of residential and school segregation across America. However, as neighborhoods across the country gentrify, new questions arise as to whether or not these demographic shifts in neighborhoods correspond with school-level demographic changes. This study examines New York City's most rapidly…

School reform alone cannot substantially improve the performance of the poorest African American students. This performance problem must be addressed primarily by improving the social and economic conditions that bring too many children to school unprepared to take advantage of what schools have to offer. Integrating disadvantaged black students…

Surveys the Black family's position vis-a-vis housing, in terms of "no-children" policies, home ownership, and fair-housing and equal opportunity laws in practice. Argues that the future looks no more promising than the present and that Blacks must mobilize to preserve their neighborhoods. (CMG)

A study was conducted to examine two related questions concerning aged return migration: first, which features are common to states that are able to attract a high proportion of their migration-prone native sons and daughters; and second, what might account for the differences, if any, in the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of return…

This research examined the changing regional patterns of elderly migration, simultaneously examining both net migration and migration stream patterns. Four time periods were examined: 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1985. Migration is conventionally measured by recording the respondent's location of residence 5 years earlier. The 1985 data were obtained…

Two graduate follow-up studies were analyzed for factors predicting likelihood that a graduate would stay in-state or migrate out-of-state. Slightly more than half of the bachelor's degree recipients from the class of 1993-1994 were included in the first sample, and responses were received from 522 graduates. In the second survey, 717 graduates…

This paper uses data from the U.S. decennial censuses and March Supplements to the Current Population Survey of 1995-99 to examine the historic patterns of immigrant settlement within the United States, recent shifts in these patterns, and the extent to which changes are due to the international versus internal migration, focusing particularly on…

Describes residential segregation and housing discrimination in Houston (Texas) between 1975 and 1982 based on complaints filed with the City of Houston Fair Housing Division. Most complaints of racial discrimination originated in districts with majority white populations, but complaints of sex discrimination occurred in all neighborhoods. (FMW)

Executives on the move are not the only groups interested in incorporating school enrollment into their decisions about housing choices. This paper examines this question and three others involving (1) types of families considering school enrollment in making housing decisions; (2) the criteria entering into parents' decisions; and (3) the…

To investigate correlates of fear of crime and physical mobility among physically vulnerable older adults, 42 community dwelling older adults twice completed a battery of tests, with 1 year intervening. The tests included Functional Health Status, Perceived Health Status, Sense of Mastery, Leave of Residence, and Fear of Crime. Crime statistics…

Although the United States has been described as a nation of homeowners, homeownership is not uniformly distributed across population groups. The migration of individuals to Houston, Texas, has intensified the competition for decent housing in that city. The rapid population growth has also accelerated the competition between lower and…

This paper analyzes the economic costs and benefits of Minnesota's nonresident tuition policies and tuition reciprocity agreements to the state. It also assesses the effects that modifications to these policies and agreements would have on migration patterns and the costs and benefits arising from such modifications. The methods used, such as…

Eighteen diverse Hispanic Americans aged 60 and over residing in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, a non-barrio environment, were questioned to ascertain the attitudes of elderly Hispanic Americans in the county toward nursing homes. A bilingual questionnaire, consisting of 17 questions, was used to collect demographic information, determine opinions of…

Little empirically-based research has been conducted on the effects of widowhood on males. The lifestyles of 26 elderly men widowed in 1978 were examined, with special emphasis on their living arrangements, heterosexual relationships, and attitudes toward remarriage. In-depth interviews conducted after the men had been widowed an average of two…

Objective news reporting, in which reporters present but do not evaluate facts, has certain negative consequences. When the convention of journalistic objectivity was adopted around 1900, journalists moved from interpreting and analyzing events to being relatively passive links between sources and audiences. The most troublesome convention of…