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Seyfrit, Carole L. – Rural Sociology, 1986
Questions one of the assumed benefits of rapid growth in rural areas--the retention of rural youths through finding employment in their home communities. Finds no relationship between migration intentions of 970 high school seniors in rural Utah counties and rapid growth in local energy-related extractive employment. (LFL)
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities, Energy Occupations
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Emeigh, Tonya Huber – English Journal, 1984
Reviews "American Indian Leaders: Studies in Diversity," edited by R. David Edmunds, a collection of 12 biographies that examine Native American leaders' responses to nonnative people and their policies during various stages of American history. (RBW)
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Studies, Biographies, Cultural Awareness
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Ryan, Frank Anthony – Harvard Educational Review, 1982
The author discusses federal legislation that concerns American Indian education. Examines contract schools, the Bureau of Indian Affairs school system, availability of public schools, sectarian mission schools, termination of tribal sovereignty, relocation to urban areas, and the Indian Education Act of 1972. (CT)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Federal Indian Relationship
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Siegal, Harvey A.; Inciardi, James A. – Society, 1982
Describes the history and evolution of the American skid row; analyzes the changes it has undergone, particularly in the face of urban renewal; and speculates on its future. Includes opinions of the inhabitants of skid row which were obtained from interviews. (MJL)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Drug Use, Ecology
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Coldrey, Barry – History of Education, 1996
Discusses the practice of child migration, the dispatch of unaccompanied children from the United Kingdom to its colonies. This was an integral feature of British social policy for over 350 years. Specifically examines the conflicts between Australia and England during the last years of this effort. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoptive Parents, Child Labor, Child Welfare
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Pollari, Jack; Bullock, Janis R. – Early Child Development and Care, 1988
Focuses on factors that can contribute to stress in young children due to family relocation and strategies to smooth the transition. (BB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Childrens Literature, Coping, Early Childhood Education
Kirby, Lynn – School Library Journal, 1995
Provides a guide for moving a library collection, based on advice from five librarians and sources in library literature. Topics include appointing a supervisor; choosing a date; weeding the collection; hiring movers; measuring shelf space; labeling boxes; cleaning house; packing up; and maintaining a positive attitude. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Facility Planning, Libraries
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Crum, Steven J. – History Teacher, 1991
Describes the attempts of President Franklin Roosevelt's Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, to establish a chair for American Indian History at a university. Discusses the responses of universities contacted after World War II. Includes information on the present state of American Indian studies and reasons for the failure of Ickes' efforts.…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Studies, Cultural Education
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Liu, John M.; And Others – International Migration Review, 1991
Since 1965, there have been two chains of emigration from the Philippines, the largest source of Asian immigration to the United States. The entry modes used by each chain are examined to determine their effects on the composition of subsequent Filipino immigration and the strategies sponsors have pursued in both chains. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Development, Ethnic Groups, Family Mobility, Filipino Americans
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Potter, Lee Ann; Schamel, Wynell – Social Education, 1999
Discusses the controversy surrounding the ends of the Treaty of New Echota (the removal of eastern Cherokees from their land). Describes the Cherokee's route and the hardships they endured during their trek to the Indian Territory beyond the Mississippi, known as the "Trail of Tears." Provides nine teaching suggestions. (CMK)
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Cherokee (Tribe)
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Rodrigue, Christine M. – Journal of Geography, 1996
Describes a writing assignment designed to educate students about an ethnic group different than their own. Students first wrote a factual account of how their family arrived at the local region. They then wrote an account from the perspective of a fictional student from a different ethnic group. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Demography
Roach, Ronald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2005
To get some notion of how deeply scholars have been affected by Hurricane Katrina, one might look to someone like Dr. Erma Lawson, a medical sociologist from the University of North Texas. Lawson, who has coordinated the assistance efforts for the Association of Black Sociologists, has not hesitated to call on colleagues, graduate students, civil…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Weather, Influences, Scholarship
von Kirchenheim, Clement; Richardson, Warnie – International Education Journal, 2005
In this study the adjustment process in a designated group of expatriates, (teachers), who have severed ties with their home country and employer is investigated. Based on existing literature, the value of self-efficacy and flexibility on the adjustment process was explored. It was hypothesised that adjustment would result in reduced turnover…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Relocation, Industrial Psychology, Foreign Workers
Kent, Mary Mederios – 1995
This booklet is designed for K-12 students and educators to learn about world population growth factors. Data are shown through charts and graphs with brief explanations. The booklet contains: (1) "World Population Growth and Regional Distribution through History"; (2) "Population Growth through Natural Increase"; (3) "Effect of Migration on…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Community Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Size
Craig, Ann Armstrong – 1994
This curriculum consists of three interlocking elements: a teaching guide, a set of student readings, and a video. Designed for use in grades 9-12, this guide provides a brief but comprehensive introduction to all aspects of the refugee experience. The teaching guide provides a wide variety of discussion questions with suggestions for the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Children, Civil Liberties, Conflict
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