A selected group of 17 Mexican American families who went to the Othello, Washington, area as migrant agricultural workers and tried to become a part of the resident population were studied to learn something of the earnings and spending habits of ex-migrant Mexican American families in Othello. To obtain accurate data on income and expenses, a…

This paper comprises a compilation of information on the positional mobility and migration of superintendents and superintendent-principals within the Oregon public school system. The author reports on studies of 43 superintendents who left their positions in one year. He analyzes (1) the turnover rate and the school system size, (2) the mobility…

Planning was the secret in redistributing more than 600,000 library items from ten closed schools in Prince George's County, Maryland. (Author/MLF)

Examines issues involved in preparing foreign students, who attended American colleges and universities, for the cultural and professional adjustments they will face when they return to their home countries. Reentry challenges are discussed and seminars or workshops are recommended as programs to help prepare foreign students for their return…

Summarizes issues raised at a workshop on "People and Dams" organized by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia. Objectives were to (1) understand problems created by dams for people, (2) consider forces affecting displaced populations and rehabilitation efforts, and (3) gain a perspective on popular education efforts among…

Discusses assimilation and adaptation of immigrants in the United States. Summarizes major sociological theories on assimilation. Focuses on schools as instruments of assimilation that attempt to force Anglo-conformity upon students. The refugee student's perceptions of his or her problems and opportunities are discussed. (PS)

Examined anticipation of stresses in 223 patients recently admitted to nursing homes, who completed the stresses in Institutional Care Scale (SIC). Factor analysis revealed five factors significantly related to psychological and physical variables. Suggests using SIC for admission screening in nursing homes. Appendix contains the SIC. (NRB)

Discusses the need for U.S. resettlement workers to (1) consider how political dynamics--such as own-group political coercion, exploitation, or intimidation and political differences between the sending and host countries--affect those they are assisting and (2) incorporate techniques responsive to these factors. (CMG)

To help businessmen settle in communities with good schools, unique companies are measuring the makeup of hundreds of districts. (Author)

Contains an overall picture of urban relocation of American Indians occurring in mid-1950s; a summary of observations made in early 1970s with a sample of young Navajo women in San Francisco Bay area; and new research strategies for the 1980s which take into account changes over a quarter century of relocation. (ERB)

Presents a model explaining how refugee communities help their members accept the downward occupational mobility usually associated with refugee resettlement. Describes how refugees shape an image of themselves consistent with the occupational role, while shaping an image of the role consistent with their self-image. (Author MK)

Samples from immigration data compiled on the recent influx of Cuban refugees to the United States are analyzed for demographic characteristics and occupational histories, and compared with the resettlement experiences of earlier groups of Cuban immigrants. (SK)

This article delineates the background, the events, and the social processes through which a segment of the Vietnamese population has become an American refugee problem. (Author/EB)

Investigated environmental influence on health service demands of State Prison of Southern Michigan inmates. Relocated some older prisoners to much smaller facility to examine influence of environmental change. Move seemed to cause temporary increase in illness or health care demands among more elderly inmates, but all other measures of inmate…

Investigates whether older people who have lived longer in their dwellings are more likely to occupy physically deficient accommodations. Overall, of the 12,859 aged 60-and-older households analyzed, length of residence was poor predictor of housing quality, only certain subgroups of longtime dwellers were more likely to occupy physically…