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Peer reviewedHurlburt, Graham; And Others – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1983
Largely English-speaking female (31) and male (29) students in grades 10-12, ages 15 to 20, with grade point averages from 50 to over 65, in a Native-controlled school, answered questionnaires related to academic success, job interests, travel, off-reserve experiences, and spare time activities (reading, television viewing). (MH)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Attitude Measures, Canada Natives, Career Choice
Coleman, James S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
As a result of his study, "Public and Private Schools," James Coleman concludes that Catholic schools appear to be characterized by both higher quality, on the average, and greater equality than the public schools. Coleman discusses the reasons that may explain this finding. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Community Control, Comparative Analysis, Educational Principles
Direct linkFrankland, H. Corine; Turnbull, Ann P.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Blackmountain, Lavine – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
Recent literature in the field of transition studies emphasizes importance of creating self-determination supports to promote independence, autonomy, and quality of life in students with disabilities. Much of that literature, however, has not taken cultural and familial factors into consideration. A review of the Navajo family and disability…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Navajo (Nation), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1989
This report examines the status of America's children and families in 1989, and confirms that major demographic, social, and economic changes during the past two decades have had profound effects on individual and family life. After an introduction, contents organized in 125 subsections focus on numerous dimensions of population and residence,…
Descriptors: Behavior, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Economic Factors
Current Housing Report, 1989
A wide variety of data, collected in 1985 and 1986, is presented in this first biennial report that deals with U.S. housing and the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of its occupants. The U.S. Census American Housing Survey of 1985 is the primary database for the report, which provides an excellent resource for teacher background…
Descriptors: Blacks, Costs, Family Environment, Family (Sociological Unit)
Rabin, Yale – 1987
The barriers of housing segregation have been reinforced for blacks living in central-city ghettos by the process of metropolitan decentralization, which has moved most whites beyond social contact, and most employment beyond reach of available public transportation. Despite gains in the number of blacks who found housing in the suburbs in the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Decentralization, Demography, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Winchell, Dick G. – 1982
Humanistic geography is similar to ethnography in that both are concerned with describing actions and events in terms of their meaning to those experiencing them; humanistic geography is particularly concerned with understanding subjective social space: space as perceived by members of particular human groups. A humanistic geography case study,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Basketball, Case Studies, Community Relations
White, Michael J. – 1988
This study attempts to measure the degree of assimilation exhibited by various immigrant groups, as indicated by their residential patterns. Ecological models of assimilation hold that immigrants are highly segregated from the majority population upon arrival, but that segregation declines with time in a process of residential assimilation. The…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Census Figures, Ethnic Distribution, Ethnic Groups
Agor, Weston H. – 1978
A detailed historical analysis of enrollment trends system-wide, by sector (public baccalaureates, community colleges, and independents), and by individual institutions in Michigan for the period 1964-1976 is provided. A special analysis of public baccalaureate institutions by statewide planning and development regions and by county for the five…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Educational Demand, Enrollment Influences
VERI, CLIVE C. – 1967
THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF SELECTED FACTORS ON THE OCCUPATIONAL STATUS OF A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF 60 PESTICIDE DEALERS IN NEBRASKA. CORRELATION AND INTERCORRELATION COEFFICIENTS WERE COMPUTED AND CONTINGENCY TABLES WERE CONSTRUCTED. IT WAS FOUND THAT FORMAL EDUCATIONAL LEVEL CORRELATES WITH OCCUPATIONAL STATUS AND…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement, Age, Communication Skills
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1979
This overview of developments in housing opportunities for minorities and women includes an historical review of housing discrimination, its nature, and its effects. Federal legislation and Federal actions which were taken to assure equal housing opportunities for women and minorities are described. Other topic areas addressed include minority…
Descriptors: Black Housing, Federal Legislation, Females, Housing
Danziger, Sheldon; And Others – 1978
The urban impacts of the Program for Better Jobs and Income, the recent but unsuccessful attempt to reform the welfare system, are analyzed in this paper. The proposed results of this program indicate that these urban impacts would have been minimal, but consistent with an urban policy that seeks to improve the economic viability of distressed…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, Geographic Regions, Guaranteed Income
Pellow, Deborah; Bedger, Jean E. – 1973
This report presents a study carried out in the near southside Chicago community of South Commons. The site was chosen because it was considered planned, heterogeneous, and located in the inner-city. The analysis is based on preliminary work carried out in the summer of 1973. This project focuses on the social and physical construction of…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods
Yinger, John – 1975
The debate about the black-white price differential in housing is clarified in this paper. The theoretical literature on this differential is reviewed, and it is shown how the various theories can be tested in a regression of house values on housing characteristics. A properly specified house-value regression leads not only to tests of hypotheses…
Descriptors: Black Housing, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes
Carey, George W. – 1976
This paper describes various ethnic communities in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area whose cultural continuity and identity are threatened by encroaching economic problems and government involvement. Each of these areas is mixed in population but has a dominant group that provides an ethos within which a stable, supportive social structure…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Cooperation, Community Relations, Cultural Background
