Educators are pleased with the rising number of Americans studying abroad and the diverse countries attracting American students, reflecting the increasing internationalization of college curricula and availability of programs overseas. Students are asking more sophisticated questions about their destinations. Data on program types, student…

Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) are more likely to drop out of school than their peers. Examines how different types of mobility may positively and negatively impact students with EBD, highlighting non-normative mobility or the ways in which schools cause students to move within and between classrooms and schools. Analyzes…

Presents data from the Chicago Public Schools to provide a context for exploring student mobility. Discusses the potential disruption of curriculum and instruction, circularity of mobility, and effects of mobility on academic achievement. Highlights two Chicago initiatives that respond to the policy implications. One increases awareness about the…

The heavy migration of highly educated Asians to the United States since the early 1970s is examined, noting advantages and disadvantages to the countries of origin and to the United States as well as the historical, educational, and economic factors causing this migration. It is concluded that, despite considerable loss, developing countries do…

A survey of 16 optometry schools shows foreign student enrollment up from 1.1 percent to 2.1 percent of total enrollment between 1977-78 and 1989-90. A rapid increase in Canadian students is noted, with growth from 19 percent to 54.4 percent of all foreign enrollment. Opportunities for improving the field worldwide are seen in these trends. (MSE)

International school populations are characterized by their multinational composition, high turnover, and tendencies to be influenced by the host country's culture and attend college elsewhere. This article explores how the "global nomad" became a focus of interest among educators, sociologists, mental health workers, and other groups. (68…

Examines the independent effects of residential and educational mobility for students who move to a new home but do not change schools, change schools but not homes, and change both. Finds indications of negative short-term effects of mobility early in high school coupled with important long-term education benefits. (DSK)

Investigates effects of school mobility on reading and math achievement for low-income Black children in Chicago Longitudinal Study. Children who frequently changed schools between kindergarten and seventh grade performed approximately one year behind their nonmobile peers on reading and mathematics achievement tests. Findings indicate that it is…

Explains how an experienced teacher is trying to incorporate Houghton Mifflin's new reading series, "Invitations to Literacy", into her elementary school classes. Discusses reasons for a standardized reading program, including high student mobility, younger less-experienced teachers, and a lack of accountability; and considers whole…

Study of sixth-graders (N=764) replicates findings of two studies that showed no relationship between mobility and subsequent achievement. Total mobility was related to sixth-grade achievement when earlier achievement was not controlled, but mobility after third grade was not related to sixth-grade achievement when third-grade achievement was…

Describes the work done in one British school district to support refugee and asylum-seeking students and their parents, focusing on refugees in the Haringey district, student mobility, providing a structured induction process for refugee children and families, and developing parent involvement initiatives.Discusses the district's efforts to…

State leaders have just begun counting the billions of dollars it will take for schools in the Gulf Coast region to recover from Hurricane Katrina. Schools around the country, meanwhile, continue to welcome the estimated 300,000-plus students displaced by the storm--some 50,000 of whom were learning that their home schools would likely be closed…

Over the past decade, the understanding of student mobility patterns has increased considerably through research based in the analysis of longitudinal data sets. A significant challenge to crafting effective policies on student mobility emerges from most states focusing on full-time, 18-to-24-year-old students. While fewer than half of…

Following up on the transition to university and university persistence, 119 (44 males; 75 females) students who had not graduated (within seven years) from a large, commuter Canadian university were interviewed. "Leavers" were not a homogenous group but could be divided into categories of departure: transferred to another university…

This paper presents the final analysis of a mixed methodological study of participatory action research (PAR) as professional development. The participants were administrators and teachers studying extreme educational disadvantage caused by homeless and transient living conditions. Two questions are answered: 1. What was the experience of…