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Jaret, Charles – Ethnicity, 1979
This report covers major trends in Jewish residential movement. It also covers the impact of geographic movement on forms of Jewish social activity and community life. (PR)
Descriptors: Family Mobility, Jews, Metropolitan Areas, Migration Patterns
Boyd, Herb – Crisis, 1990
Traces how the "Great Migration" of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North in the early part of the century has resulted in a "Lost Generation" of urban youth. Emphasizes the need for a reconstruction of the traditional African American family and a renewed commitment to social action. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Family, Black History, Blacks, Migration Patterns
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Grin, Francois – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1995
Describes a study of the economics of language competence in Switzerland and the efficacy of education systems undertaken to develop guidelines for language policy. This study was mandated by such issues as the reassertion of local identities, unprecedented migration flows, the emergence of the European Union, and the intensification of…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Economics, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
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Persidsky, Igor V.; Kelly, James J. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1992
Reviews patterns of migration among the elderly worldwide, highlighting the immigration of elderly people from the Soviet Union to the United States. Describes their social and economic status in the Soviet Union, and their particular problems among Soviet immigrants. Considers ways in which appropriate education can resolve some problems. (DMM)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Immigrants
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Hane Ba, Fama – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1993
Identifies the common characteristics of population education in African countries, including a focus on safeguarding cultural traditions. Suggests that improving the condition of women should be at the heart of population education because of their role in promoting family health and environmental protection and in the education of their…
Descriptors: African Culture, Demography, Educational Objectives, Females
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Whitman, David – Public Interest, 1991
Critiques Nicholas Lemann's recent book on the 1940-70 Black migration from the South to the urban North, particularly the thesis that the modern-day Black urban underclass is composed mainly of ex-sharecroppers and their descendants. Traces the theory's political history and discusses evidence that many Black migrants achieved relative success.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Migration Patterns, Misconceptions, Poverty
Kissam, Ed – 1991
Recent new patterns in Mexico-United States migration are examined briefly, and the implications of each for planning and implementing adult education programs are discussed. The patterns noted include: (1) migration of greater distances and from new areas in Mexico, both to border areas in Mexico and to locations in California and the West Coast;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Demography, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation
Ballweg, John A.; Li, Li – 1991
This study examined the migration patterns of graduates from southern land-grant universities in an attempt to determine the characteristics of graduates who leave the state where they received the degree and their reasons for moving. The data were collected in 1986-87 by a survey of 1,858 graduates of southern land-grant universities who had…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Patterns, Fringe Benefits, Higher Education
Valdez, Armando, Ed; And Others – 1983
Symposium organizers commissioned papers that examined existing Chicano research in studies of family, labor, and migration, three subjects continually recurring in Chicano research. The papers were organized in four sessions: historical and contemporary research on Chicano workers, foundations of research on Chicano families, Chicano domestic and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Family Characteristics, Immigrants, Labor Force
Stinner, William F., Ed.; And Others – 1982
The 13 papers in this volume discuss issues relating to Caribbeans who have migrated to the United States and then returned to their home countries. The last three papers focus on remittances, migrants' ongoing remitting of cash and other economic resources to the home society. Paper titles (and authors) are the following: (1) "Introductory…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Blacks, Economic Factors, Economic Opportunities
Espenshade, Thomas J. – 1986
The low fertility of Western industrial nations is likely to become a permanent condition; in the absence of immigration, populations with below-replacement fertility will eventually decline in size. But at the same time fertility is declining, international migration to the West is accelerating. Legal immigration to the United States rose from…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Birth Rate, Demography, Foreign Countries
Washington State Office of Financial Management, Olympia. – 1987
This statistical profile provides current demographic data for Washington State and is also broken down by counties, incorporated cities, and towns. Fifteen tables show population figures; components of population change; housing units by structure type; annexations, incorporations and municipal boundary changes; growth of households; estimates of…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Community Size, Demography
Terrey, Elizabeth P. – 1987
From April 1, 1986 to June 1, 1987, a systematic effort was made to contact Washington teacher education graduates who were moving to other states, seeking certification in other states, and obtaining out-of-state teaching positions. The aim was to learn where Washington graduates were moving, what kind of reception they were receiving as they…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Qualifications, Faculty Mobility, Graduate Surveys
Winter, Gene M.; Fadale, LaVerna M. – 1984
This report of the second phase of a study of the geographic mobility patterns of postsecondary occupational education graduates in New York State provides a further examination of reasons for the mobility of program completers, verifies the general magnitude of the identified mobility trends, and examines the occupational status of program…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Employment Patterns
Washington State Office of Financial Management, Olympia. – 1988
This statistical profile provides current demographic data for Washington State and its counties, incorporated cities and towns. Seventeen tables show population by age and sex; population for counties, incorporated cities and towns, and the state; components of population change; a rank order of total persons in incorporated cities and towns;…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Community Size, Demography
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