The New Americans Series is designed for high school and general readers who want to know more about immigrant groups. This volume provides an in-depth look at Filipino Americans, who have been projected to be the largest group of Asian Americans by the year 2000. The emphasis is on those who arrived in the United States after 1965. The chapters…

Controversy exists concerning whether or not sex discrimination is the norm in Japan and what will happen with the status of Japanese women. One U.S. scholar was surprised after talking to female students at a Japanese college that only a few of them had a view of their future. It is fair to say that Japanese women are not taught to become…

There is growing evidence supporting the powerful role that maternal education plays in child growth and cognitive development in developing countries. This study examined the contribution of maternal literacy in mediating the relationship between maternal education and variation in child outcomes from birth to 7 years of age. It was hypothesized…

This document presents the 1999 annual follow-up survey by Cabrillo College (California), which explores the reasons students chose Cabrillo, why they left if they did not complete the program, their satisfaction with the program and ideas for improvements, and comparisons of employment and wage level between completers of a program and leavers,…

The aim of this paper is to study the Finnish spoken in the Swedish Torne Valley, its use and development during the 1960s and the 1990s, and how it differs now from the Finnish spoken in the same area in the early 1960s. The study also examines which people speak Finnish in this valley today and in what contexts, as well as how the Finnish…

This obtrusive post-hoc quasi-experimental study investigated Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) scores of 111 high school students in grades 10 through 12. Fifty-three students were enrolled in at least one Advanced Placement (AP) course at the time of the study. General factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) tested for significant differences…

The paper examines the development of factions in one Alaskan village and their impact on a series of teachers, since how teachers and other outsiders identify and deal with these factional groups is a crucial factor in their acceptance by villagers. (KM)

Analyzes the influence teachers have upon their pupils learning behavior. (RK)

Adapted from the address given by the current national president of TESOL--Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages--at the first meeting of the New York Affiliate, November 11, 1970. (JM)

Panel members (George A. Schlekat, David Johnson, Silas Purnell) agree that aid does not go to those most in need, and until system is revamped, our colleges will remain closed to those too disadvantaged to achieve well on standard tests, or to raise minimum personal funds. (CJ)

Results of the study showed a higher failure rate for boys than for girls. In a comparison of the races, the results that more whites than Negroes are retained in the first grade contradict those of other studies. (BY)

Contains the major findings and recommendations of a study of ability grouping by investigators associated with the College of Education, University of Georgia. (JM)

This study produced data that were benficial in counseling students and in institutional policy decision making. (Author)