Investigated teachers' perceptions about (1) the number of existing races; (2) their racial classification of their students; and (3) positive or negative attitudes toward students of different races, as judged by their placement of students on two unobtrusive scales. (GC)

Investigates the effects of race of news subjects on student journalists' ethical reasoning. Explains that journalism students were presented with four ethical dilemmas that working journalists might encounter. Concludes that the race of the people in the ethical dilemmas presented had a significant impact on ethical reasoning. (PM)

Provides definitions for the diversity-related terminology used in this issue that deals with diversity in instructional design. Topics include culture, cross cultural awareness or sensitivity, cultural pluralism, diversity, ethnic group, and race. (LRW)

Advocates discussing human biological variation and race in science curricula. Explains how biologists use the term "race" and what that implies. (YDS)

A study of 291 police officers of white, black, and Hispanic/Latino ethnicity revealed that black officers scored significantly higher than others on feedback and higher motivating potential scores and satisfaction with promotion opportunities. Black and Hispanic/Latino officers scored higher than whites on task identity. Different job…

Explores the authors' complicity as white liberal literacy researchers in the social and political dynamics that support continued inequities in school-based literacy success. Reviews what noted scholars say about race, racism, and white liberalism. Describes four deleterious patterns within the tradition of white liberalism. Critiques the…

Considers use of and suggests referents for the terms, race, culture, and ethnicity, in multicultural counseling. Discusses findings from a pilot study of culture and race concepts. Recommends clarification of terminology in counselor education and specification of intended referents in counseling research. (PVV)

Interviews with 13 women who had worked in temporary clerical positions identified ways in which they are alienated from work, from others, and from themselves; the ways they actively resist alienation; and constraints on resistance. Results revealed a concern that temporary workers are disproportionately those already marginalized, such as women…

From a study of community action in three British multiracial localities emerged several issues: (1) cooperation and competition in acquiring resources; (2) who is to represent the community; and (3) who has power to deliver or withhold support from community groups (gatekeeping). Community development practice implications include containing…

A dialogue between Paulo Freire and Donaldo Macedo addresses current criticisms of Freire along gender and race lines, challenges misinterpretations of his ideas, and discusses what it means to educate for critical citizenry in a multiracial and multicultural world. (SK)

Notes that diversity perspective is coming into focus for the College Placement Council (CPC) and the seven regional associations. Calls for diverse leadership to develop programs and services needed by recruiters and career services professionals serving diverse clientele. Describes activities of diversity task force designed to make CPC more…

Promoters of the Fiesta Football Bowl offered the universities of Alabama and Louisville $400,000 each to fund minority-exclusive scholarships. The Department of Education declared minority-exclusive scholarships illegal. Documents the historically uneasy relationship between race-based scholarships and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.…

In a sample of health professionals (92 male, 275 female), most had same-sex (n=235) and same-race (n=285) mentors. Protege ethnicity and education, intragroup trust, leader approachability, and gender/racial composition of the mentoring pair were significant influences on psychosocial mentoring, which was associated with increased job involvement…

Examines Wayne Booth's move to co-opt marginality by universalizing his suggestion that everyone has differences that they are obligated to study. Argues that Booth's position is critically self-divided in a state of unresolved tension that does not announce itself. Looks at this tension in two works, including Booth's first feminist essay. (TB)

Examination of the career development of five tenured African-American women at a predominantly white university shows how minority professionals meet career expectations of white organizational culture. These women used bicultural competence to maintain successful careers. (Contains 51 references.) (SK)