This 12-chapter book contains contributions from selected authors concentrating on a comprehensive analysis of career education for the black American. The treatise takes career education to task for its "white foundations of educational data." Chapter titles and authors are: Black Agenda for Career Education, by Roosevelt Johnson; Career…

The Racial Attitudes and Perceptions Survey (RAPS) consists of four scales: perceived discrimination against blacks; attitude toward racial interaction; feelings of reverse racism; and racial climate. This instrument was administered to approximately 10,000 military personnel in a variety of research designs to determine the impact of race…

This report examines protective factors and the process of resilience as they apply to Black adolescents. The report reviews risk factors at the individual level and at the community level, and reviews the incidence of health- and life-compromising risk outcomes in Black adolescents. It then discusses protective factors and resilience and their…

A paper presenting the objectives of the National Association of Black Adult Educators is given. The association was formed to take action to seek and implement pragmatic solutions to the problem of the exclusion of blacks and other minorities from the decision making process in American society. Specific objectives include: (1) To provide a…

In this study of race relations, undertaken for the United States Navy, three attribution theories of racism are examined: racism of the individual; racism related to institutional procedures; and racism related to poor management training. Each of these theories corresponds to a specific intervention program which the Navy implemented to reduce…

This study, which evaluates the Benjamin Banneker Scholars Program, was undertaken in response to litigation challenging the University of Maryland's right to operate a scholarship reserved exclusively for high-achieving African Americans. Using varied data sources, the study found that the Banneker scholarship program continues to be necessary as…

A review of commercial television series which suggests that commercial television promotes the negative black stereotypes that have hindered development of a functional black identity. (JM)

The purpose of the Minority/Majority Experiences Study was to secure baseline data on the status of the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) as regards issues of educational equity. The present report examines services for the gifted and talented and advanced placement students. The study found that gifted and talented programs are available in…

During 1969, groups of Southeast Alabama elementary and secondary school administrators, teachers, and supervisors participated in a series of eight training institutes concerning problems relating to school desegregation. Through the use of questionnaires, information was obtained relative to participants' motivation and expectations,…

Content Analysis of Textbooks for Black Students, Grades 1-3, a program for teachers of the first- through third-grades, was developed by the Far West Laboratory. The overall objective of the course is to develop teacher's skills in analyzing textbooks in terms of their appropriateness for Black pupils. Data collected during an operational field…

This report is an attempt to explore approaches in which white people examine their own racism, understand its nature and its consequences, and then plan self-directed changes in the direction of increasingly anti-racist behavior. In the pilot study described and evaluated in the report, three general purposes indicated were: assisting…

These three issues of 2000-2001 "Focus" present a collection of papers focusing on issues related to poverty. The first issue discusses child support enforcement policy and low-income families, highlighting such issues as fragile families and child wellbeing; low-income families and the child support enforcement system; child support…

People Place of Houston, Texas provides racially isolated elementary school children with exposure to various world cultures. The children who visit this center are selected from schools with a majority of Black, Anglo, or Mexican American children. Two major objectives of People Place are: the reduction of group isolation and discrimination, and…

This report evaluates the status of civil rights oversight and policymaking by the White House and Office of Management on Budget (OMB) during the Nixon-Ford administrations, from 1972 to 1976. The report documents the activities of the White House, OMB, the Federal Regional Councils, and the Federal Executive Boards. Housing, school…

This guide explains how adult and community education (ACE) providers across Great Britain can engage black learners in ACE by making their learning programs relevant, challenging, and appropriate to adult learners from black and minority groups. The following topics are discussed: (1) the importance of engaging black and minority learners in ACE;…