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Kortegast, Carrie; Yount, Emily M. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
Recent trends in globalization have increased the number of U.S. children and adolescents being raised outside the United States. Using the framework of adults in transition, the authors sought to understand the structure of Third Culture Kids' (TCKs), specifically Missionary Kids', transition to college. Findings indicate that participants must…
Descriptors: Foreign Culture, Acculturation, Student Adjustment, Identification (Psychology)
Dressler, Edith – 1986
Analysis of information on Soviet Jewish immigration to the United States reveals the following: (1) the strongest motivation for emigration was anti-semitism, followed by a desire to secure one's children's future, opposition to or dissatisfaction with the political and economic system, the desire to join one's family, and the belief that there…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Isolation, Culture Conflict
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Trujillo, Octaviana V. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1998
Reviews the history of the Yaqui, first in Mexico, and then in Guadalupe (Arizona). Discusses the use of Yaqui, Spanish, and English within the community; community legal action against the school district over disproportionate special-education placements; resistance to school desegregation; a trilingual community school; and internal and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Community Schools
Jun, JuSung – 2002
Adjustment experiences of South Korean graduate students' wives living in Georgia were examined from a feminist viewpoint. The adaptive process, its cultural meaning, and related social ramifications, was hypothesized to be an example of transformative learning. These two questions guided the study: (1) how did South Korean students' wives adapt…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development