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Wisconsin Univ. System. Women's Studies Librarian at Large. – 1979
This bibliography of articles, books, and government documents is arranged by ethnic group (Asian American, black, Chicano, Latino, and Native American women) with a section on comparative studies. An index provides subject access to this listing of materials published from 1977 through 1979. (WP)
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Females
PDF pending restorationHiggins, Norman C. – 1977
Recent surveys of library personnel conducted by the American Library Association indicate that educators responsible for planning and implementing library education programs have not been effective in recruiting and training Spanish surnamed and American Indian persons for library service. Recommendations for improving library education programs…
Descriptors: American Indians, Library Education, Library Science, Library Services
Lopez, Josephine – Edcentric, 1972
Discusses how public education fails chicano students' needs. (PG)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Education, Educational Discrimination, Equal Education
Peer reviewedSchement, Jorge Reina; Singleton, Loy A. – Journal of Communication, 1981
Discusses Federal Communications Commission's policy regarding minority ownership and management in the broadcast industry and the expected effect of such ownership on the needs and interests of minority groups. Study indicates that in news, public affairs, and other nonentertainment programing, Latino owners perform no better or worse than Anglo…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Federal Regulation, Minority Group Influences, Minority Groups
Download full textHornburger, Jane M. – 1975
The minority image presented in the majority of children's books is too often a stereotype of a particular minority. Blacks are seen as ludicrous or unnaturally good, as ghetto bound, and--when portrayed in a group of characters--as the only dialect speakers in the group; American Indians are portrayed with depersonalization and ridicule; and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Books, Childrens Literature
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1972
A collection of 1971-72 racial/ethnic data for the New York school population is given in this paper. Since 1966 such information has been collected annually from all public elementary and secondary schools and is now a part of the Education Department's Basic Data System. It is used within the Department to provide a statewide longitudinal record…
Descriptors: Blacks, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Personnel
Beresford, Jack; Ellis, Diane C. – 1978
In 1970 there were about 68,000 persons of minority, racial, and ethnic background who had occupations as actors, architects, authors, dancers, designers, musicians, composers, painters, scupltors, photographers, radio and television announcers, university teachers of art, music, or drama, and other types of artists and entertainers. In this…
Descriptors: American Indians, Art Activities, Artists, Asian Americans
El-Khawas, Elaine H.; Kinzer, Joan L. – 1974
The main purpose of this survey was to gain current information on the representation of minority students within particular fields of study, a level of detail for which only limited information has been available. The survey requested enrollment information within 21 discipline areas for the total graduate population for each institution as well…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Enrollment, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedCarliner, Geoffrey – Journal of Human Resources, 1976
An examination of the earnings, education, and returns to education among five Spanish-surname ethnic groups (Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Central and South American, Other Spanish), blacks, and Anglos indicates substantial variations not easily explained. Data are insufficient to draw firm conclusions. (LH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Economic Status, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedSocial Education, 1979
Provides tabular information on demographic, social, and economic characteristics of people of Spanish background in the United States. Information is based on advance data from the March 1977 Current Population Survey. (DB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Demography, Minority Groups, Population Distribution
Peer reviewedHoffman, Abraham – History Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, History, Mexican American History, Mexican Americans
Adams, Velma A. – College Management, 1972
Hostos Community College offers bilingual health science education in South Bronx, New York. (PG)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Bilingual Education, Community Colleges, Health Personnel
Hendricks, Glenn L. – 1975
This paper, presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Congress in Amsterdam, describes the emergence of illegal migration as a social phenomenon of world wide significance. Specifically it examines the nature of the social relations that evolve when a large number of an alien population reside legally in a foreign country and present among…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Area Studies, Dominicans, Ethnic Groups
Swank, Chester E. – 1972
Three summaries of extension service resource utilization by low income and minority groups during fiscal year 1971 are included, with interpretative observations. The first deals with the relationship between general and low income programs in terms of resources expended in areas of agriculture, home economics, 4-H youth, and community resource…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Disadvantaged, Extension Education
Peer reviewedTaebel, Delbert – Social Science Quarterly, 1978
Examines the impact of local governmental structural arrangements (plan of council member election and size of the council) on the representation of blacks and hispanics. Two features of the municipal reform movement, at-large elections and small city councils, appear to adversely affect the equity of the minority groups' representation.…
Descriptors: Blacks, City Government, Elections, Ethnic Distribution
