This study examines the effects of racial composition of a classroom on students' cross-race and same-race friendships. Two "theories" of interracial sociability are discussed. The first argues that interracial friendliness is affected primarily by the number of opportunities students have for cross-race interaction relative to same-race…

The conference reported in this document focused on the problem of bringing ethnically underrepresented students, faculty, and staff into full partnership with the higher education community. The conference addressed the problem of the erosion of confidence, especially among the poor, in what higher education may bring to them. The proceedings…

Reports on a study which examined the interconnection and interaction between social popularity and academic achievement of sixth-grade minority-group students in majority-white classrooms. (SF)

This study investigates whether the racial composition of classes attended by black students has differing effects on their academic performance under different conditions. Specific variables examined are friendship patterns with whites, characteristics of white peers, and characteristics of the black students themselves. Also examined is the…

Peer relations in 36 interracial sixth-grade classrooms are examined. Methods of analysis include examination of variance, multiple regression, and case studies. Both dependent and independent variables are used, as are variables particular to the interracial situation, such as racial ratios, desegregation history, and busing. The authors conclude…

The Coleman Report, Equality of Educational Opportunity (EEOS), and several reanalyses of its data are reviewed. The methodologies and results of several field studies of the effects of school desegregation upon the academic performance of black students are evaluated to determine whether they support the conclusions drawn in the EEOS. (EVH)

The extent to which a teaching method that emphasizes Mastery Learning Strategies facilitates the learning of low and high socioeconomic status children in desegregated classrooms was studied. Participants were 117 seventh graders in desegregated mathematics classes in an Israeli junior high school. (BS)

Results of this study indicate that programs designed to break down the barriers to cross-sex and cross-race association could be a powerful approach to increasing positive social interaction in the classroom. (MM)

The hypothesis that Anglo and Mexican American children in an integrated classroom are equally effective models for both groups of children was tested. Major findings were that Anglo subjects were more likely to imitate Anglo models and that Mexican American subjects did not imitate Mexican American models accurately. (NQ)

Advocates that the structure of American society be changed to reward support for integration, noting that although interracial schooling has advanced to the point where Southern public education is far more desegregated than Northern public education, interracial housing has declined, making school integration in urban areas impossible without…

A PROJECT PRODUCED A FILM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDEN. THE 16MM BLACK-AND-WHITE SOUND FILM, "FOR ALL MY STUDENTS," CONTRASTS POOR AND EFFECTIVE TEACHING TECHNIQUES IN INTEGRATED CLASSROOMS. IT ATTEMPTS TO CONVEY THAT DEALING SUCCESSFULLY WITH CLASSROOM HUMAN RELATIONS PROBLEMS CAN DETERMINE SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN…

The Multi-Ethnic School Environments Study evolved in response to the need for a research base for identifying special teacher training needs in newly desegregated school districts. The ultimate goal of this five year project is to generate teacher training processes and materials to aid teachers in coping with the realities of desegregation. The…