Review shows that Roe, Super, and Holland did not incorporate the influence of race in any significant manner in their vocational theories. Suggests the need for a perspective that considers the factors that have an impact on the vocational development of Blacks. (Author/SMR)

No differences were found in mother-infant attachment between nonadopted and intraracial adopted subjects or between intraracial and interracial adopted subjects. Suggests that the higher incidence of psychological problems found among adoptees in middle childhood and adolescence cannot be explained in terms of insecure attachment relationships…

This study investigated the effects on black and white children of observing black and white models of the interaction of the variables with apparent reward magnitude. (Author)

Having developed a paradigm for substructural irregularities in patterns of interaction, presents the paradigm axiomatically so that it has application to any system which is assumed to be stratified on a power-dependence dimension. (RJ)

The MMPI results obtained from 245 adolescent males referred to the evaluation unit of a Juvenile Court were submitted to a multivariate classification system. By correlating individual subject profiles with the modal profiles, six membership groups were formed. No relationship was found between group membership and age or race. (Author)

Explores the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision concerning race-conscious college admissions policies, including the continuing debate, college's admissions reactions, implications for race-exclusive scholarships, and student activism. Includes the complete text of the court's rulings. (EV)

Explains that where most pedagogical uses of hypertext either attempt to account for race, gender, and sexuality or completely disregard them, the author's approach to hypertextual writing both accounts for and disregards identity. Considers what Giorgio Agamben refers to as the "Whatever." Appropriates this concept in order to ground…

The authors discuss the highlights of the 1st annual Diversity Challenge held at Boston College. The Challenge's general focus was preparing educators to cope with the resistances encountered when they teach about race and ethnic culture. Provides an overview of the proceedings, summarizes themes of presentations and articles selected, and offers…

A study investigated the distribution of young workers among firms of various sizes using the National Longitudinal Study of Labor Market Experience, New Youth Cohort, 1980-1985. The majority of young workers aged 15-29 were employed by small firms. Distribution was affected by gender, race, and educational attainment, but not by residence or high…

This reprint of an 1866 essay by the physician who identified Down's syndrome describes the physical and behavioral patterns that characterize individuals with mental retardation who come from different ethnic groups. This evidence of degeneration crossing racial divisions is seen as support for the idea that the human family has a common origin.…

Hilliard, a professor and expert on African culture, speaks about the racial and cultural bias of standardized tests, multiculturalism, the concept of race, Afrocentric teaching, Ebonics, recruiting and retaining African-American teachers, and the future classroom. (SK)

Assessed the predictive validity of the Risk and Promise Profile [copyright], which identifies personal and social influences on academic persistence, with diverse sample of older college students. Hierarchical multiple regression and ANOVA indicated that the profile explains significant portions of the variance associated with academic success,…

Review of journals, conference proceedings, and the ERIC database reveals scant discussion of race and ethnicity in adult education from 1950-1980. The significant increases in research on minorities since then was partly inspired by the increase in diversity of teachers and learners in the field. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)

Even in schools that seek to create diverse, integrated communities, silence about race prevails. Unless educators consciously create spaces in which to explore the implications of race, culture, and ethnicity, discussions that might be opened by children's questions will not be pursued. (Author/SK)