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Garrison, Vivian; Weiss, Carol I. – International Migration Review, 1979
This analysis of the acculturative process of one immigrant Dominican family shows that United States immigration policy forces the separation of families. Immigration regulations do not recognize the cooperating kin groups as "family," and thus necessitate extra-legal strategies to reunify these extended families. (MC)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Divorce, Dominicans, Economic Factors
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Brown, Kenneth H.; Heaney, Michael T. – Research in Higher Education, 1997
Examines a new approach to university economic impact research that views institutional expenditures as a means to increase the state's skill base, and finds that while the approach yields favorable results for higher education it fails to consider fully the effects of migration. Advises researchers to avoid this approach and use the traditional,…
Descriptors: College Role, Comparative Analysis, Economic Development, Economic Impact
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Trotter, Joe William, Jr. – OAH Magazine of History, 2002
Describes the migration of African Americans in the United States and the reasons why African Americans migrated from the south. Focuses on issues, such as the effect of World War I, the opportunities offered in the north, and the emergence of a black industrial working class. (CMK)
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, History Instruction, Manufacturing Industry
Diaz, Joseph O. Prewitt; Draguns, Juris G. – Migration World Magazine, 1990
Reviews research on the factors that affect the mental health of Puerto Ricans who migrate to the United States. Three groups are discussed: (1) those who migrate; (2) those who migrate and return; and (3) those who migrate and return more than once. (EVL)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Family Problems, Hispanic Americans
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Arnold, Fred; And Others – International Migration Review, 1989
Explores the effect of "chaining" through the petitioning of relatives on the demand for future immigrant visas by Koreans and Filipinos. Presents analyses that derive different multipliers that may be used in estimating the effects of chain migration, including a Theoretical Multiplier, an Adjusted Multiplier, and a Projected…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Family Characteristics, Family Size
Herbers, John – Country Journal, 1989
Examines rural growth of 1970s and 1980s, suggesting ongoing movement of middle class to small towns and rural areas. Describes benefits and problems associated with increasing urban to rural migration. Describes community responses designed to preserve rural integrity. Includes statistics and maps showing population changes. (TES)
Descriptors: Community Change, Migration Patterns, Population Distribution, Population Trends
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Saraceno, Elena – Journal of Rural Studies, 1994
Examines the need to reconsider spatial conceptualizations and categories such as urban-rural and core-periphery in light of two recent trends: migration out of cities and the geographic redistribution of economic activities. Suggests that these trends and related policy issues would be better articulated in a regional or local economy framework.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Demography, Economic Development, Economic Factors
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Fahem, Abdel Kader – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1993
Outlines the recent social history of Mauritania, focusing on the effects of sedentarization and rapid urbanization on a primarily nomadic people. Offers an instructional approach for teaching young people about these social phenomena, highlighting particular cognitive and attitudinal objectives. (DMM)
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries
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Sandefur, Gary D.; Jeon, Jiwon – International Migration Review, 1991
Analyzes census data from 1960, 1970, and 1980. Finds that the rates of interstate migration of all minority groups moved closer to or surpassed those of Whites by the 1975-80 period. (DM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Census Figures
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Tukey, David D. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1991
Three models for calculating college student retention rates and predicting enrollments are examined: (1) the Cohort Ratio Model; (2) the Longitudinal Persistence Model; and (3) the Markov Process Model. The last is seen as more encompassing, with wider applicability range, and useful in tracking student change in major and movement in and out of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Students, Comparative Analysis
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Funkhouser, Edward; Ramos, Fernando A. – International Migration Review, 1993
Using figures from the 1980 Census, the importance of relative earnings and culture in the choice of immigration destination (Puerto Rico or mainland United States) for immigrants from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean is examined. Not all differences in location decision are attributable to differences in reward structure by location. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Characteristics, Cultural Differences, Decision Making
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Coldrey, Barry M. – Children & Society, 1999
Explores the first phase of juvenile emigration from Britain to the Americas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Finds eerie parallels with the last phase of this British social policy in the 1960s as has been discussed in the media during recent years. (SD)
Descriptors: Children, Colonial History (United States), Economically Disadvantaged, European History
Nord, Mark; Cromartie, John – Rural Conditions and Trends, 1999
From 1995 through 1997, the rural population increased, especially in the South and West, due to net migration from urban areas. The largest rural gains were among people ages 26 to 30, including many young families. College graduates were well represented among rural in-migrants. Includes migration data by age group, educational attainment,…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Blacks, College Graduates, Educational Attainment
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Quillian, Lincoln – American Journal of Sociology, 1999
Examines why the number of high-poverty neighborhoods in U.S. cities has increased since 1970 by using geocoded data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Suggests that migration of the non-poor from the poor played a key role in forming new poor urban neighborhoods during the 1970s and 1980s. (CMK)
Descriptors: Blacks, Economically Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Literature Reviews
Korb, Roslyn – 1995
This report presents 10 tables of data on the residence and migration of first-time college freshmen in the fall of 1992 using data from the residency portion of the "Fall Enrollment" survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The data are presented by state, by control and level of institution, for all…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Differences, Enrollment, Higher Education
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