This study illuminates the meaning making world of 5th, 6th, and 7th grade African American boys in a community based after-school program. Employing participant observation, questionnaire and interviews, the work captures the manifestations of their definitions of gender and racial constructions, including maleness, masculinity, "Blackness," as…

This publication provides a compilation of statistical information covering fall, 1994 enrollments in Pennsylvania colleges and universities. The source of the data is an annual survey of Pennsylvania colleges and universities with a response rate of approximately 99 percent. An overview notes that a total of 622,000 students were enrolled…

There appears to be an urgency, influenced by demographic changes, to learn more about racially/ethnically diverse populations, and the counseling and psychology fields are acknowledging the need to respond to demographic changes. This study was conducted to assess the status of research as regards racially/ethnically diverse populations in the…

Data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates are presented in 11 charts and 15 tables on science and engineering (SE) doctorate production for the period from 1960 through 1982. Data in charts focus on total SE doctorates; SE doctorates by major field; racial/ethnic identity of 1975 and 1982 SE doctorates; citizenship status of SE doctorates; trends…

The purpose of the School Improvement Model (SIM) Project is to investigate the links between systematically developed teacher performance evaluation, administrator performance evaluation, staff development interventions, and the quality of education as measured by student achievement results. Following the 4th year of the 5-year study,…

This study assesses Indianness (mixed or full-blood), sex, and grade differences among Oglala Sioux high school students, using the Coopersmith Behavior Rating Forms and the Quay-Peterson Behavior Problem Checklist. Results indicate that mixed-bloods had higher achievement and greater popularity than full-bloods. Fewer problems and higher…

The effects of age, readiness, sex, and race variables in first grade on the later reading, spelling, and arithmetic achievement and on the personal, social, and total adjustment of 1,110 culturally deprived fourth-grade pupils were studied. Readiness levels were determined by the Metropolitan Readiness Test; achievement areas were measured by the…

The purpose of this paper is to review recent trends in the rural and/or nonmetropolitan population and to indicate some of the linkages and implications for national population policy. The vast rural to urban migration of the last generation was necessary and rational, since most migrants believed they benefitted by moving. Although much of the…

The major aim of this study was to determine whether black and white children, ages 8-11, would differ in intellectual performance as a function of the race of the examiner. Two additional subgoals were: (1) to see the effect which the race of the examiner would have on the various subtest scores of the WISC; and (2) to find out if test anxiety…

Testimony is presented in these congressional hearings by the nonfederally recognized Cowlitz and Grand River Band of Ottawa American Indian tribal and administrative representatives re: legislation introduced at the request of the two Indian groups following the Secretary of the Interior's withdrawal from Congress of distribution plans prepared…

Describes a longitudinal study of recurrent client involvement with the child welfare system. Analysis of frequency and correlates of case-reopening in a sample of 612 cases (many involving foster care) revealed that one-third of all closed cases were reopened. Predictors were child's age, racial and religious background and prior agency…

The article examines gross migration of households between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas, as well as the corresponding counterstream, from 1965 to 1970. Using data from the 15 percent sample of the 1970 census, gross migration flows and rates are estimated and cross-classified by race, age, and marital status. (Author/NQ)

Defines and contrasts the rhetorical status (individual's and groups' potential influence in society through symbols) of some Blacks and Whites under slavery, and analyzes the more powerful forms of persuasion employed by many Blacks during and after Reconstruction. (SR)

The study used three response-latitude format methods of Lerner et al. (1974) along with the item and forced-choice procedures of Lerner and Knapp (1976) to adequately ascertain the method independence of racial attitude assessment, and to ascertain appropriate inferences to be made about the structure of such attitudes in White adolescents. (RC)

In 2004, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) surveyed the governing boards of colleges and universities in the United States regarding board composition and selected board polices and practices. This report summarizes the data and examines trends for public colleges and universities based on surveys completed…