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Gabriel, M. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2002
Examines media coverage of youth outmigration from Tasmania in the context of Australia's regional crisis. Focuses on how young people are constructed by others and positioned in others' visions of their rural home towns. Discusses two recurring narratives: strategies to keep youth at home, and preoccupation with the "best and brightest"…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, College Graduates, Cultural Images, Foreign Countries
Voices for Children in Nebraska, Omaha. – 2001
A study examined the unique conditions affecting quality of life for low-income rural children and their families in Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Qualitative data were gathered from 11 focus groups conducted in a variety of rural communities, including tribal reservations, across the three states, and from interviews with professional…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Child Welfare, Employment Opportunities, Family Work Relationship