This document provides a State by State overview of the child count and grant awards under the Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Program for fiscal years 1978 and 1980. The Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Program provides Federal financial assistance to States for educational services to Indochinese refugee children aged 5 through 17…

One of a series of papers prepared by members of the American Institute of Architects Committee on School and College Architecture and by selected specialists to make laymen aware of school building problems and trends and to stimulate discussion. The article sees the educational park concept as deriving from, in its simplest form, the…

This report presents current estimates and projections to 1990 for Delaware population and higher education enrollment. The population estimates and projections are tabulated by age and sex for the total population of the State and by single years of age for the population of college age. The enrollment estimates and projections are tabulated by…

Included in this report on Arizona Indian demographic data are "an evaluation of several recent studies of Indian populations" and "an extensive analysis of methods for obtaining and maintaining accurate data in the future." Recommended methods by which accurate population data for the smaller reservations should be maintained are included in the…

This paper describes a two-stage sampling design for obtaining probability samples of the elderly and other specialized populations. Results indicate elderly individuals will respond, use of the design does not appear to increase sample bias, and the method is extremely inexpensive. (Author)

Regional prevalence of major mental retardation in 7- to 10-year-olds in a cross-sectional survey of the Canadian Maritime Provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) was 3.65/1000. Variation in prevalence rate was associated with maternal age, areas of greater population concentration, and number of physicians per capita.…

The author suggests that numbers and distribution of people should be given highest priority in dealing with environmental quality. If population problems are solved, then other environmental problems will be prevented or solved. New Mexico, contends the author, must determine the balance between growth and quality of life. (MR)

Recent developments in Canada's immigration policy are examined, and it is stressed that economic considerations play an increasingly important role in determining the composition of immigration into Canada. (Author)

This document provides numerical data on the rates of population participation in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) by city and county. Population estimates are based on March 2000 U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Highlights include: (1) the within-region rate for the VCCS is 1.7%, which exceeds the previous year's level and is most…

Author attempts to suggest population education materials most appropriate to the Catholic educational system. (GB)

Using 1970 Census data, rural counties are compared to all U.S. counties by selected personal, education, employment, and income population characteristics. (MS)

Employs the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity'' data to test hypotheses about differences in migration selectivity depending on the structural distance traversed in the migration process. (Author/JM)