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Kwon, Jungmin – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2019
The study reported in this paper focuses on the narratives of six adult Third Culture Kids (TCKs) who lived in multiple countries during developmental years. It explores their childhood experiences with mobility and the impact that multiple shifts in location, culture, and language have had on their adult lives. The results indicate that they come…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Cultural Background, Cultural Pluralism, Personal Narratives
Lankford, Francis G., Jr.; Taylor, Alton L. – University of Virginia Newsletter, 1971
The migration patterns of college and university students in Virginia are described in relation to other states, public and private institutions, male and female students, student educational level, the migration deficit, and future migration patterns. Based on 1968 statistics the out-migration of Virginia students exceeds the in-migration of…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Migration Patterns
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Gillie, Angelo C. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1971
The investigation is the result of a desire to ascertain the geographic-job mobility of and the relationship between graduates in electronics and drafting design. A number of relationships within and among the mobility factors were identified as well as between the mobility factors and job characteristics. (Author)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Employment, Geographic Distribution, Mobility
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Evans, Dolores A. – 1996
The impact of mobility on academic achievement has been the focus of many studies. The findings are generally consistent and suggest that mobility lowers student achievement, particularly when the students are from low-income, less educated families. For this study, 30 students, classified as either mobile or stable, were randomly selected from a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Crawford, Charles O. – 1964
Analyses of data obtained from 790 questionnaires collected from a sample of public high school seniors in a relatively low income, sparsely settled county in northern New York State in May, 1962, revealed some of the effects of 2 family systems--the immediate family and the extended family--on the migration planning of high school seniors.…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Family Counseling, Family Influence, Family Role
Stuhr, Christian A. – 1967
The aim of the study was to discover a satisfactory predictor of residential mobility among inner city families in light of the effect which the high rate of student transfer has upon curriculum development, staff morale, and student scholastic achievement. The sample of 358 families was administered a questionnaire dealing with demography,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Family Characteristics, Family Influence, Family Mobility