"Faculty Misstatements in Management Education and their Consequences" is a thought-provoking article that draws attention to what information is being disseminated in business schools. The article argues that faculty communicate misinformation about the economic model and what matters in life. This rejoinder addresses the notion that…

Discusses educational philosopher Paulo Freire's ideas on the "problem-posing" approach in education in contrast with the banking approach. (ASK)

Examines increases in the overall cancer rate and in the rate of specific cancers in the Black population. Also discusses cancer risk factors and prevention strategies. (GC)

Provides examples of people with disabilities who are self-employed and able to generate their own income through community-based models of rehabilitation. Suggests that these small-scale efforts demonstrate the importance of understanding the local socioeconomic context of rehabilitation. (SK)

Examines Black health status from the slavery period to the present, discusses health status disparities between Blacks and Whites in the areas of life expectancy and infant mortality, and considers socioeconomic factors affecting Black health status. (Author/GC)

Discusses socioeconomic factors that lead to disproportionate rates of low birthweight and high infant mortality in the Black population. Calls for national policy efforts that would remove financial barriers to premedical care and provide adequate income support for all. (GC)

In blaming television for low test scores and poor academic achievement, critics ignore other, more compelling factors that should be addressed. The quest of educators should be for more and better ways to capitalize on the useful aspects of the child's viewing experience. (Author)

Reports that nearly 55 million children under age 15 are working in violation of labor standards. Discusses industries in which child labor is common, effects on children's safety and health, and social and economic causes of exploitation. (SK)

Analyzes the causes and effects of changes in the family of American Blacks. Identifies persistent, institutional racism as the primary cause for the plight of Black male youths. Classifies the latter into three groups: (1) the small percentage who attain a career; (2) the 51% who steadily seek work and rarely succeed; and (3) the displaced and…

The author describes the Japanese Equal Employment Opportunity Law of 1985 and assesses its impact on economic opportunities for Japanese women. She argues that two aspects of Japan's socioeconomic environment--the lifetime employment system and the labor supply pattern of Japanese women--diminish its likely impact. (Author/CH)

Discusses conceptual obstacles to working effectively with cases of sexual abuse of children. Urges professionals to view sexual abuse in a larger context in which cultural values, social and political ideals, and economic conditions are seen as linked to the problem. (Author/LLL)

Relates the intensity of youth protest movements in the 1960s to cohort size, which was large because of the post-World War II baby boom. Reviews literature on socialization and class expectations among members of large birth cohorts. Associates the youth movement with protesters' perceived economic threats to their middle-class lifestyle. (KH)

Analyzes Japan's success in avoiding many of the sociocultural problems affecting other modern countries. Explains Japan's ability to balance the old and the new, the domestic and the foreign, from an anthropological and educational perspective. Focuses on Japan's traditional pedagogical emphasis on rote and imitation. (KH)

Examines socioeconomic factors that affected Colombian migration into New York City and the participation of Colombian immigrants in the urban labor market. Stresses that analyses of migration processes must consider migrants' emotional lives, ideologies, and social group characteristics. (MJL)

Developed a multivariate, causal model of the influences of childbearing and early child rearing, to investigate the impact of teenage mothers upon their children. Data analysis indicated socioeconomic status was the strongest influence upon each variable. Found the influence of maternal age in the opposite direction to socioeconomic status.…