The Career Area Rotation Model (CAROM) was developed as a result of the need for a computer based model describing the rotation of airmen within a specific career area (occupational specialty) through various categories of tour duty, accommodating all policies and interactions which are relevant for evaluation purposes. CAROM is an entity…

Migration over a period of 20 years in 3 neighbouring, but contrasting, communes in North Norway was examined to determine whether a village or small town in a rural area functioned as an intervening opportunity for the area's rural inhabitants. The nature and effects of local migration which occurred in a predominantly rural area during the…

The extent to which university prestige accounted for migration to the major American universities in 1963 is indicated. It was shown that prestige only accounts for a modest proportion of the variation in interstate migration of students. (Author)

Describes an activity intended to heighten teaching effectiveness and student interest in college-level introductory cultural geography. By tracing their family's migration history, students experience a sense of time, place, and cultural heritage. (Author)

Notes that it is widely accepted that millions of blacks who migrated from the South contributed significantly to the decline of black rural land ownership. However, the less than altruistic behavior patterns of land officials has also contributed to the loss of rural land by blacks. (Author/AM)

The structure of geographic mobility from doctoral training to present employment is explored among sociologists, and a moderately strong correspondence between the academic quality of the Ph.D. region and that of the present job region is reported. (Author/LBH)

Exit interviews are invaluable devices for obtaining feedback on schools and staff relations, handling important administrative details, and turning departing teachers into school ambassadors. This article discusses several basic steps for enhancing oral and written interviews. An inset offers sample questions. (MLH)

This extensive bibliography on library building includes 15 categories: bibliography; background; general; planning teams; building programs; alternatives to new buildings; academic libraries; public libraries; school libraries; special libraries; site selection; interior planning and equipment; maintenance; security; and moving. (MES)

Summarizes important research on resettlement of refugees from Southeast Asia and outlines implications of that research for instructional programs in English as a second language, pre-employment training, and cultural orientation. Concludes that if instructional programs are to facilitate language learning most effectively, they must use…

Out of a total of 1396 students at the Medical College from 1949 to 1972, 584 doctors migrated to other countries and only 29 have returned to India. The majority left for better and more comfortable living conditions. (LBH)

This document is the seventh edition of the California Articulation Number (CAN) System guide, which was revised in 2002. Some of CAN's goals are to help community college students transfer smoothly to four year universities, promote the development of a common method of course identification within each segment of public postsecondary education,…

This paper uses data from a randomized housing-mobility experiment to study the effects on juvenile crime of relocating families from high- to low-poverty neighborhoods. Since 1994, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiment has assigned families from high-poverty Baltimore neighborhoods into three…

Because most military children will be enrolled in public schools at some point, an understanding of military children can assist educators in working with such children and, more broadly, with mobile children from other backgrounds. Following an introduction providing information on the numbers of military children and their unique issues, this…