Discusses problems of sample selection in explaining student performance in economics classes. Reports on a study of student performance correlated with class attendance, course dropouts, and homework. Concludes that any researcher gathering data about instructional effectiveness must account for students who drop the class. (CFR)

An extensive questionnaire was given to students at a Canadian regional high school serving urban and rural students, who responded to questions about their occupational aspirations and expectations, their values, the obstacles that might prevent them from realizing their aspirations, and the people who supported their aspirations. The results are…

Information on degrees conferred in 1992-93 is presented in tabular and graphic form and includes data on the number of degrees awarded, by degree type (associate, bachelor's master's doctoral, professional), gender, ethnic group or alien status, discipline area, and percentage change over five years. (MSE)

Maintains that affirmative action hiring policies play a key and unstudied role in adult lives. Reports on a study of 115 full-time faculty at a state university and a community college. Finds that faculty members' moral reasoning complexity played a significant role in solving an affirmative action issue. (CFR)

Discusses the extent to which the processes of "othering" (marking and naming those considered different from oneself) fall into the physical and sexual realm. The paper examines three studies, highlighting the extent to which othering is sexual, naming and exploring what it means for current school practice in multicultural environments. (SM)

Examines the viability of black male involvement in preparing for the technological innovations of the next century's work force. Results from 2 urban elementary schools and 16 black males in these schools reveal that black males are being placed at risk for failure in the Information Age. Lack of support systems and resources are primary…

Reports on a study of the move away from abstract calculations toward "mathematics in context" among 50 British female secondary school students. Discusses implications of findings in relation to reported female underachievement and disinterest in school mathematics. (CFR)

Attempts to identify how perceptions by black men of problem severity may be influenced by social, economic, and familial factors, working from the assumption that problem severity determines when stress becomes distress. Perceptions of 583 black adult fathers show that stress coping is not as problematic as expected. (SLD)

Reports on a study of the effects of self-blame or societal blame among 82 Canadian female college students. Finds that women encouraged to blame themselves were more likely to endorse accepting the situation, while those encouraged to blame society endorsed nonnormative individual confrontation. (CFR)

A discussion of mentoring among women in the dental profession draws on a survey of 220 female students and faculty in 5 dental schools and the author's personal experience. It is concluded that, although mentors are relatively commonplace and can be helpful, they cannot replace one's own drive and ability. (MSE)

Investigates the relationship between geographic mobility and earnings of Hispanic-American and white men using the 1980 Public Use Sample from the U.S. Census. Economic returns to migration are negligible for both Hispanic-American men and white men. Among Hispanic Americans, the earnings determination process is roughly similar for movers and…

Develops lists of jobs in which workers report functional disabilities, using 6,096 females and 3,653 males from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Epidemiological Follow-Up and attrition and mortality analyses for 6,911 women and 4,723 men. Occupational safety and health are critical to understanding functional disability…

Examines the impact of sociodemographic variables on employment retention of 2,078 male and 1,299 female Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, Polish, Romanian, Soviet, and other refugees in greater metropolitan Chicago (Illinois). Labor force participation patterns and experiences are influenced differentially by background characteristics and exposure…

Examines nationality's effects on the impact of determinants of occupational preference of 348 male and 441 female Portuguese and 226 male and 263 female French secondary school students. Nationality's effect is significant for salary, promotion, prestige, and intellectual-manual impacts. Nationality's effect did not differ by sex or socioeconomic…

Examines college student perceptions of barriers to women's careers in science and engineering, particularly changes occurring since a study conducted in 1961 and differences between genders. Data from 110 male and 173 female university students suggest that perceived barriers correlate most with work and family conflicts and gender relations. (JB)