This report provides results of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs' consideration of a bill to improve the education status of Native Hawaiians through grants to the University of Hawaii; community colleges; the Hawaii Department of Education; and Native Hawaiian organizations for educational programs, curriculum development, preschool…

This text provides a selective review of major topics in the sociology of education with special attention given to key issues and questions that sociologists have examined when studying education and schools. It is an introduction, not a comprehensive guide, to work that has been conducted mainly in Britain. The focus is on empirical material,…

Sensations of burnout have a great deal to do with societal issues and the way that society defines the self concept of individuals. When people do not feel as societal values dictate, they often begin to sense disappointment in themselves, their life styles, and what they are receiving from people around them in the form of approval, praise, or…

A survey of ninth grade students in Toronto public schools was conducted to gather background information. The relationship of students' race, native country, mother tongue, family and socioeconomic status to their level of study was examined. About one quarter of the students identified themselves as members of a visible minority, although about…

This Technical Committee Report presents recommendations and strategies designed to achieve continued economic improvements for the elderly. Four specific recommendations serve as the basis for this report, i.e.,: (1) the United States should expand employment opportunities for the elderly; (2) both government and the private sector should…

This Technical Committee Report presents research on demographic trends, labor force participation, and public service programs which suggests a need to alter traditional assumptions about aging, family, and social supports required for an equitably integrated society. Demographic data on populations, families, and aging are provided, and…

A study of 373 teachers investigated sex as a variable affecting teacher perceptions. The study identified 20 factors which teachers perceived as affecting their performance. The factors were evenly divided between non-teacher-controlled and teacher-controlled. Teachers of both sexes agreed that skill in human relations was the most important…

Male and female applicants to traditionally masculine or feminine fields of study were rated by 518 college students regarding their attributions of the applicant's skill and of luck as a factor in the applicant's predicted success. A five factor analysis of variance with attitude towards feminism, sex of subject, sex of applicant, sex of field,…

A study was conducted to identify the separate influences of individual background characteristics and service environment on post-training attrition in the Army and Air Force. A second objective of the study was to determine whether the correlates of post-training attrition vary across services and military occupations. Data for the analysis of…

The annotated bibliography is intended to examine the possible role of sociocultural factors on the low achievement and special education placement of limited English proficient (LEP) Hispanic children. Four topic areas are addressed: (1) ethnic differences in teacher-pupil interactions and their relation to achievement; (2) the relationship of…

The comparative status of black and white children in America is described in this report, which is divided into two major parts. Part 1 contains an overview of key facts and trends which support the book's main point that the welfare of black children is currently declining, and a proposal for a legislative agenda for the Ninety-ninth Congress,…

A study of language maintenance and language shift among Asian Indian speakers of Kannada in the New York metropolitan area within the first generation of settlement in the United States examines this issue from a sociolinguistic perspective. The variables examined include the following: (1) proficiency in and respect for the mainstream language…

The polytechnical schools in Great Britain, previously low in social and educational status, have in recent years raised themselves on these dimensions, concomitant with corresponding changes along other dimensions such as the social strata from which their students are drawn. This process is given the name "institutional mobility." Two…

This study examined the effects of socio-economic status (SES) and categories of learning when holding ethnicity constant. Seventy-two subjects were randomly selected from two socioeconomic levels; 36 each from middle and low socioeconomic status. Fourth and fifth grade children were used. Three hypotheses were tested: (1) positive correlations…

The American philosophy of social mobility has traditionally focused upon equal opportunity to succeed rather than the actual equality of socioeconomic status from the outset. Two replicate studies of social mobility in the U.S. undertaken in the early sixties and seventies enable social scientists to measure shifts in opportunities for American…