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Morgan, Scott M., Ed.; Colsen, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1987
This volume of essays on migration was written primarily by graduate students in the social sciences. The authors, natives of six different countries, discuss population displacement by emphasizing these four themes: (1) the alienation of refugees; (2) the interplay between hosts and newcomers; (3) the consequences of the growth of agencies that…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Coping
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Direct linkPlocharczyk, Leah – Journal of Access Services, 2005
The children of Mexican migrants face a number of hardships and difficulties that greatly hamper their ability to succeed in American schools. This paper examines some of the major difficulties and suggests multicultural programs that school librarians can implement in order to help migrant children achieve academic success.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Academic Achievement, Migrant Children, Migrants
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education. – 1984
The text of the oversight hearing on migrant education (February 17, 1983) contains statements and testimony from three representatives of state and national migrant education organizations and from three migrant mothers. The statement and testimony of Frank L. Contreras, Director of the Texas Migrant Education Program and President of the…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Family Characteristics
Download full textTexas Migrant Council, Inc., Laredo. – 1972
This report discusses the background study, and proposed objectives, mode of operation personnel training, staff, assessment, and facilities of a Head Start relocation service for migrant families. Included is a description of the establishment of such a relocation service which provided followup social services activities from one state to…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Ancillary Services, Child Advocacy, Child Development Centers
Rochin, Refugio I.; Santiago, Anne M.; Dickey, Karla S. – 1989
This study examines the characteristics and needs of Michigan's migrant and seasonal farmworkers. The study was based on census data, state agency records, and a statewide survey of service providers. Results indicate that neither mechanization nor other structural changes in Michigan's agricultural economy have diminished the industry's…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Kissam, Edward; Intili, Jo Ann; Garcia, Anna – 2001
The U.S. agricultural labor market is already, in many respects, a binational one, and it will become increasingly one in which workers who are born in Mexico will follow a variety of worklife trajectories that take them back and forth between both countries. Recognition of this reality has important implications for policy development and program…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescents, Braceros, Child Labor
