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Gaile, Gary L.; Yardley, Susan A. – 1979
While there exists considerable sentiment about the older urban areas of the United States, little empirical work dealing explicitly with the problems of these areas has been done. This study is a preliminary investigation into the use of urban age as an independent variable. Preliminary results indicate that: (1) racial transition is not related…
Descriptors: Income, Manufacturing Industry, Population Trends, Racial Distribution
Cahill, Edward E. – 1974
Although limited in scope, census data still provide the best general indexes of social change in the United States and where comparable categories over time periods exist the data can provide the basis for making decisions relevant to anticipated changes in the future. Changes from rural to urban residence among blacks in various age groups are…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Employment Patterns, Literature Reviews
Sentman, Mary Alice – 1981
A content analysis of selected issues of "Life" magazine was conducted to explore the way in which that magazine portrayed the black community in the United States. All 52 issues within each of eight years (1937, 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, and 1972) were analyzed. Beyond tabulation of frequency and amount of coverage, each instance of…
Descriptors: Bias, Black Culture, Blacks, Content Analysis
Widgery, Robin N. – 1982
Research in 37 neighborhoods in Flint, Michigan, investigated the association between the extent of racial integration in a neighborhood and residents' satisfaction with, awareness of, and attitudes toward various aspects of neighborhood and community life. The influence of demographic factors was also examined. The degree of neighborhood…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Satisfaction
Garcia, Jose Joel – 1986
California's population changes will present challenging public policy dilemmas concerning employment, income, political participation, education, and health services. This paper shares research results to be published in a book entitled "The Burden of Support: The Young Latino in an Aging Society," by David Hayes-Bautista, Jorge Chapa,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Fielding, Elaine L. – 1990
The 1980 United States Census showed a marked acceleration in the suburbanization of blacks during the 1970s. This study analyzes statistical data from the 1985 American Housing Survey (AHS) National and Metropolitan Files to determine if that pattern of acceleration continued in the 1980s. These sets of data also permitted racial and…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Blacks, Migration Patterns, Racial Distribution
Orfield, Gary – 1986
For this report, the first of a series, the National School Desegregation Research Project obtained federal data for the 1984-85 school year, which show a substantial change in the racial composition of American's public schools since 1968, when data were first collected. The white majority is shrinking, due to a large decline in fertility and a…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Demography
Cook, Annabel Kirschner – 1988
Youth in the western United States are increasing in number, but increased numbers will not necessarily translate into increased expenditures for youth programs. In the future, children in the west are more likely to have a nonWhite racial background, especially Hispanic and Asian, and they may be first-generation Americans whose parents' native…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Divorce, Elementary Education, Employed Women
Clawar, Harry J.; Levine, Jonathan – 1979
In 1969 the New York State Legislature decentralized the New York City Public School System into 32 elected school districts with a limited amount of authority over elementary and junior high schools. The legislation provided for community school boards to be elected by district residents. An analysis of election results in 1975 and 1977 showed…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Board Candidates, Boards of Education, Cultural Influences
Lyson, Thomas A. – 1990
Blacks and Hispanics in rural America face opportunities and life circumstances distinctively different from their urban counterparts. Not only are rural conditions generally worse than urban areas in job opportunity, social services, and human capital, but the problem of inequity is also more severe within rural areas than within urban areas.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Attainment, Geographic Distribution, Hispanic Americans
Jones, Phillip E. – 1977
In predominantly white, four-year, residential institutions where black populations are less than 10 percent, black professional staff tend to be in entry-level positions. They have often been found in special programs for minority and low-income students. A survey of black administrators in midwestern institutions showed that by the early 1970s:…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Affirmative Action, Black Employment
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
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
Fang, Wei Li; And Others – 1987
Although the University of Virginia is a state-supported institution, only eight percent of the students are black and less than one percent of the faculty are black. During the summer of 1986, an ad hoc committee of students, faculty, and administrators was formed, with the goal of increasing racial and multi-cultural awareness and improving race…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Black Students, College Administration, College Faculty
La Pierre, D. Bruce – 1987
This paper summarizes events leading to the interdistrict settlement of the St. Louis (Missouri) school desegregation case. Remarks are focused on four points: (1) an overview of the settlement process and rationale, (2) an explanation of the principal provisions, (3) a brief analysis of the implementation process, and (4) a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Court Litigation, Educational Quality
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