This article suggests that there are three principal sources of metropolitan population decline: the declining birth rate, the reversal of rural-to-urban migration, and inter-metropolitan migration. (Author/AM)

Shows how Chicanos in Chicago adapted to and participated in the further evolution of the three major neighborhoods in which they settled and shows how distinctive neighborhood patterns partially determined the variable development of Chicano identity within the three settlements. (Author/AM)

A recent National Center for Education Statistics survey provides information on the proportion of college students who study outside home-state boundaries as against those who study within their home state. An accompanying map presents state figures for the net migration--in-state and out-of-state--of American college students. (Author/RK)

The author analyzes some issues on the cost of emigration to the countries of origin and some policy implications. Attention is focused on how the supply of skilled workers is affected by migration. The article also discusses distortion of the free market and presents a profile of Asian contract workers. (CT)

Increasing enrollments in elementary and secondary schools and declining enrollments in teacher education programs threaten the nation's supply of teachers for the near future, especially in the South and West. (GC)

Compares the 1980 census count of aliens with estimates of the legally resident alien population based on data collected by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in January 1980. Provides estimates for each of the states for selected countries of birth and for age, sex, and period of entry categories. (RDN)

This packet contains fact sheets and issue briefs on immigration and immigrants. Fact sheets, most of which are presented in 1994 and 1997 versions, contain brief summaries of information on immigration law and regulations, the status of immigrants, their countries of origin, and where they settle. These fact sheets make it clear that most…

Is Ohio losing its best and brightest minds to other states? Is the state investing hundreds of millions of dollars in public higher education every year only to see graduates move out of state upon graduating in search of greener pastures? The Governor's Commission on Higher Education and the Economy (CHEE) commissioned a report about this issue…

An interview with a former official of the Migration Division of the Puerto Rican Department of Labor. (RJ)

A comparison of census data with economic survey figures indicates that poverty among the elderly is increasing, particularly in the Southern rural areas and for blacks, females, and those over age 75. (MF)

Theories and findings of variety of authors regarding the transition of farm labor to urban life. Touches most of secondary and post-secondary education. Manpower Research Visibility is a supplement to the American Vocational Journal. (Editor/MU)

The REMPLOD project (Reintegration of Emigrant Manpower and the Promotion of Local Opportunities for Development) investigates ways in which foreign workers can contribute to development processes in their countries of origin (Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey). Three experts involved with the Turkish project make recommendations on the Turkish-Dutch…