Vocational instructors and placement counselors have a responsibility to teach rural students how to find jobs in other towns and how to deal with relocation problems. This includes the use of business and industry directories and newspaper want ads; portfolio preparation; taxes, housing, transportation, and other considerations. (CT)

One incentive state governments are offering industries to relocate is customized, state-supported training. A pool of skilled workers is a distinct competitive advantaged in attracting new businesses. (SK)

Examined the role of sophistication in interpersonal negotiation strategies in the formation of friendships. Subjects were 74 adolescents who began the academic year in a new school following an intercommunity move. Found that adolescents with medium and high scores on measures of peer negotiation formed intimate friendships within three months,…

In this article, the author talks about students being taking in public schools in Houston and Dallas, as well as other states, after evacuating from New Orleans which was struck by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. For students displaced by the storm, mobility is as constant as stability is elusive. Already traumatized and faced with the loss…

The events leading to Cherokee removal are discussed. (NQ)

From 1974 to 1980, Albany, New York, and other communities received an influx of Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union. Organizations such as Jewish Family Services (JFS) have helped these new Americans to integrate into the new society. This report by the Albany JFS presents the results of a survey of resettlement efforts on behalf of Soviet…

Based on the relocation of the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) Library, this paper explores the importance of communication in project management. Definitions of project management are followed by an overview of the UTK move and discussions of the role of the project director, possible causes of mismatches between responsibilities and…

Because of lack of knowledge of specific occupations in defense production, assessment of the impact of defense cutbacks on the economy has been difficult. This project was undertaken to determine which skills of industrial workers in missile production are transferable to nondefense industries and to anticipate manpower problems involved in mass…

A canonical technique is explored that permits assessment to which origin positions determine destination positions within occupational structures. This procedure requires expressing the occupational positions as binary variables, then obtaining canonical correlations among the sets of binary variables. The association between origin and…

Presents a conceptual model for analyzing the relocation process and formulating possible interventions. Hypothesizes that relocation success requires psychological balance, and that balance can be facilitated with skills training in the areas of problem management; decision making; stress management; developing a support system; assertiveness;…