The "understanding others" component of the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment Inventory was analyzed for the academic years 1978-84. White students reported themselves as having more tolerance than black students in hypothetical school situations with regard to "differing others." Explanations based on historic patterns of discrimination…

Although the Southeast Asian refugees are regularly referred to only as Vietnamese, many are Cambodians, people different from the Vietnamese. It is true that Asian people have much more in common with one another than they have in common with non-Asians. While there are many attitudes and manners which Vietnamese and Cambodians share resulting…

Analyzing data from the High School and Beyond survey on the behavior of 13,000 high school sophomore women over a two-year period, this document reveals the following facts about single motherhood: (1) young women with different background profiles exhibit markedly different rates of single parenthood; (2) because teenage women who become single…

Investigates whether apostate students would be more likely than religious believers to express radical ideology in an open ended, free response questionnaire context. (Author/DEP)

Numerous background factors are related to licit and illicit drug use, including educational experiences, employment experiences, and lifestyle orientation indicators. Results from five nationally representative surveys of high school seniors from 1975-1979 were used to document the degree to which such factors are correlated with measures of drug…

There are serious risks involved in the practice of teaching certain aspects of the cultures of English-speaking nations, including threats to cultural integrity, global ecology, and traditional spiritual life. Some cultural aspects should be discussed as a point of view rather than as universal truth. (Contains 18 references.) (LB)