This National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) "First Look" report introduces new data for the universe of public elementary and secondary schools and agencies in the United States in school year (SY) 2014-15. Specifically, this report includes statistics that describe: (1) the numbers and types of public elementary and secondary…

Racial and ethnic identity (REI) measures are in danger of becoming conceptually meaningless because of evaluators' insistence that they conform to measurement models intended to assess unidimensional constructs, rather than the multidimensional constructs necessary to capture the complexity of internalized racial or cultural socialization. Some…

Focuses on immigrant women in Canada, and examines ethnicity as an observable phenomenon. Argues that ethnicity arises upon immigrants' arrival, and becomes a means by which people are organized in relation to the productive and political processes of the society. (Author/DA)

Reconceptualizes issue of racial identity development so that it is not just limited to issue of oppression and provides beginning framework for conceptualizing ethnic identity development that can be used for members of both minority and majority ethnic groups. Presents propositions leading toward development of theory of ethnic group identity…

Multicultural counseling literature review reveals four limitations of previous conceptualizations of cultural sensitivity: definitional variance, inadequate descriptions of indicators of cultural sensitivity, lack of theoretical grounding, and limitations in measurement and research designs. Explores each of these limitations, then defines…

This article focuses on the history of the Cape Verde Islands, the nature of Cape Verdean immigration to the United States, and the ethnic experience of Cape Verdeans in the U.S. The colonization of the Atlantic archipelago by the Portuguese as part of their expanding slave trade is described and the Islands' economic, ecologic, racial and…

In studying the history of immigration and ethnicity, scholars often write about their own ethnic groups. This pattern has led to an overemphasis on new immigrants of the early twentieth century, limited focus on the experiences of the first and second generations of individual ethnic groups, and disinterest in immigration and ethnicity as…

Gives a brief history of Black Catholics in the United States. Presents the history of one Catholic church in Los Angeles that began to use gospel music at Mass, and shows how this church met the needs of the Black community by enhancing the liturgy with traditional Black culture and values. (ML)

Reviews the history of Puerto Rican migration to and settlement in the Hawaiian islands at the turn of the century, and describes the cultural adaptation and social life of this group and their descendants. (GC)

Notes that diversity perspective is coming into focus for the College Placement Council (CPC) and the seven regional associations. Calls for diverse leadership to develop programs and services needed by recruiters and career services professionals serving diverse clientele. Describes activities of diversity task force designed to make CPC more…

Argues that group work is the most effective tool for work with Black clients because of the Africentric dispositions. The group experience reinforces family and communal relationships while providing a platform for evaluating and defining social realities. (JAC)

Traditional measurement models based on cultural group or generational typologies do not adequately address conceptual and methodological problems in the psychometric approach to acculturation. A model is proposed that provides for the examination of relationships between multidimensional sets of quantitatively defined cultural variables.…

Counselors continue to express concern about problems inherent in cross-cultural counseling. Three concepts--Umwelt (the physical environment), Mitwelt (the interpersonal world), and Eigenwelt (one's inner world)--offer significant philosophical assistance because humans are fundamentally more alike than they are different. (Author)

Examines dynamic relationship between gender and ethnicity. Considers socialization effects of ethnic culture in conjunction with "self-in-relation" theory of gender development and implications of status to gender. Gives specific focus to influence of these three factors on Mexican-American and African-American women and men. (Author/NB)

This is a report on the third effort to formulate an effective question for determining the ethnicity of respondents to Great Britain's 1981 census. Discussed herein is the response to the ethnic origins questions, different versions of which were incorporated into the main census pre-test and administered to 4250 households (including large…