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Taeuber, Karl E. – 1974
In this retrospective review of demographic aspects of race and the metropolis, presented as a basis from which to speculate about the 1970's, the period of mass migration of blacks out of the rural South is seen as drawing to a close. The U.S. black population is more urban and more metropolitan than the white population. The development of black…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Demography, Housing Needs
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Washington, DC. Economics and Statistics Administration. – 1991
An analysis was done of 1990 Census data on race and Hispanic origin. Comparison of the 1990 data with Census figures from 1960, 1970, and 1980 showed that the nation continued to increase in racial and Hispanic origin diversity during the 1980s. Boosted by a high level of immigration, the Asian American population more than doubled (up nearly 108…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Census Figures
Page, Douglas B. – 1988
A review of the literature on residential segregation reveals that Blacks remain the most segregated group in American cities, despite the more recent arrival of Hispanic and Asian groups. By one measure--the index of dissimilarity with respect to Whites--Blacks are 1.6 times more segregated than Hispanics, and twice as segregated as Asians. Race…
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Differences, Group Dynamics
HAVIGHURST, ROBERT J. – 1966
THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE EFFECT OF METROPOLITANISM ON EDUCATION. METROPOLITANISM IS VIEWED BOTH AS A SET OF "EVENTS" AND AS A SET OF "GOALS" OR "TASKS" WHICH CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY SHOULD ACHIEVE. ONE PART OF THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND GROWTH OF METROPOLITAN AREAS AND THE OPERATION OF METROPOLITAN SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SUCH ISSUES AS…
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Education, Metropolitan Areas
Flax, Michael J. – 1971
This report deals with the question of racial equality, and attempts to present a balanced view of recent trends. The method of the report is to present indicator data for both blacks and whites over the period 1960 to 1968, relating to measurable social and economic matters. The data address such issues as: (1) comparisons of the levels of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Demography
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of Intergroup Relations. – 1972
In October 1971, as in four previous years, school districts provided the California State Department of Education with a count of pupils in each school by racial and ethnic group categories. The survey found that 29 percent of the 4.5 million pupils in California public schools were members of racial and ethnic minority groups. Mexican Americans…
Descriptors: Blacks, Chinese Americans, Ethnic Distribution, Japanese Americans
Fielding, Elaine L.; Taeuber, Karl – 1990
The movement of middle-class residents, especially blacks, out of inner-city neighborhoods has been hypothesized to contribute to the decay of the inner city and the growth of an underclass by increasing social isolation and depriving youth of role models. This study examines changes in patterns of racial and class segregation in the residential…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
Abel, Robert L. – 1981
Information on degrees awarded in the nation and the south, by race, for 1978-79 and trends from 1968-69 to 1978-79 are presented. For 1978-79 doctoral degrees awarded, there was a nationwide increase of 1.9 percent and a 4.5 percent increase in the South. There was a decline in the number of master's degrees awarded both nationwide and for the…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Blacks, College Graduates
Fox, Roger; Haines, Deborah – 1978
This report attempts to answer the question "where do blacks currently live in Chicago?" and to clarify some of the housing related needs and desires of the black community and some of the patterns and forces which shape residential choice. The maps included in the report, developed using a "windshield survey," demonstrate that…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Blacks, Housing Discrimination, Neighborhood Integration
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Massey, Douglas S. – Sociology and Social Research, 1981
In eight urbanized areas Hispanic groups were highly segregated from Blacks, less from non-Hispanic Whites (an exception being northeastern Puerto Ricans, less segregated from Blacks than from Whites); less concentrated within central cities than Blacks; and with much segregation among themselves (significantly related to socioeconomic and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cubans, Dropouts, Ethnic Distribution
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Rivkin, Steven G. – Sociology of Education, 1994
Asserts that school districts' efforts to integrate schools have failed to ameliorate the racial isolation of black students. Finds that schools remain segregated primarily because of continued residential segregation and that school integration efforts have had little long-term effect on residential segregation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, Civil Rights, De Facto Segregation
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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Information Center on Education. – 1977
The report presents the 1976-77 racial/ethnic distribution of public school students and staff in New York. Tabular data include the students' racial/ethnic distribution for the State's major school districts of Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers (individually and combined), for the rest of the State, and for the State as a whole;…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education
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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Information Center on Education. – 1975
Since 1966 racial/ethnic data has been collected annually from all public elementary and secondary schools in New York State. This report presents such data for the 1974-75 school year. The tabular data include the: (1) students' racial/ethnic distribution for the State's major school districts of Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Information Center on Education. – 1974
Since 1966 racial/ethnic data has been collected annually from all public elementary and secondary schools in New York State. Such data is presented in eight tables. Table 1 gives the 1973-74 racial/ethnic distribution of public school students for the State's major school districts (Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers), for the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education
Evelyn, Jamilah – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1998
Nearly 30 years after the official end of de jure segregation, Alabama is struggling to level educational opportunities for both black and white citizens. Critics say this goal will be difficult to reach unless the state hires and retains more black faculty. Only recently, because of a court decree, are state black institutions getting equal…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Black Colleges, Black Teachers, Blacks
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