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…

The manner in which evaluation has been translated by a number of West European political cultures is explored. The importance of determining whether policy evaluation is being used as an instrument of improved integration of policies or as an agent for disintegration of policies is emphasized. (SLD)

Used national data to examine family choices in production of informal care for elderly family members among African-, German-, Irish-, and English-Americans. Findings suggest unique factors associated with each ethnic group's decision to provide care. Health care service provision and policy research that ignores ethnic diversity will be less…

Notes that the cultural diversity among international students may prove to be the greatest challenge for academic advisers. Considers several issues for advisers who work with international students, including issues of cultural sensitivity, language limitations, adjustment issues, academic overload, academic restrictions, international students'…

Contends that identity is constituted differently depending on the culture of origin. Against backdrop of U.S. individualism, explores cultural relativity of identity and pseudospeciation (false sense of cultural specialness). Notes that this literature grounds prejudice in evolution itself and provides reasons for movement beyond individualism to…

Considers it imperative that counselors engaged in multicultural counseling have understanding of what is meant by culture. Suggests that philosophical assumptions underlying worldview, the deep structure of culture, provide framework for better understanding cultural differences. Contends that viewing culture from this holistic perspective…

Shares reflections on internship in multicultural counseling training program and provides potential trainees with vicarious experience of these challenges in multicultural counseling: addressing fears involved in crossing cultural boundaries; learning about and working with ethnic-minority groups; developing culturally appropriate counseling…

Describes issues of self-concept and self-esteem that arise when people find themselves living in a cross-cultural environment. Discusses Western definition of self-concept and other self-concept models. Discusses self-esteem and integration and adjustment as it relates to bicultural persons. (ABL)

Discusses time references in Russian- and English-speaking cultures by means of Russian translation variants of works by twentieth-century English-language writers. Suggests the different attitudes toward time as manifested by these two distinct cultures. (HB)

Compared 30 Japanese and 30 American mothers' speech to their 6-, 12-, or 19-month-old infants. Mothers of both cultures used linguistic simplification and repetition. American mothers labeled objects more frequently than did Japanese mothers, whereas Japanese mothers used objects to engage infants in social routines more often than did American…

Focuses on four key aspects of the British business message: organization, style, mechanics, and format. Notes that, with information about these matters, U.S. business writers can prepare culturally sensitive business correspondence for British audiences. Includes samples of appropriate letters. (RS)

Assessed referability index (RI), frequency with which child problem stimulates clinic referral, across 118 child problems as function of problem type (overcontrolled versus undercontrolled), gender, and culture (United States versus Thailand). Problems of both types were more referable in girls than boys; undercontrolled problems were more…

Seeks to establish that contextual factors informed by certain postulated cultural experiences can influence cognitive performance of African-American children. Designs models to explain fundamental link between culture and cognition. Argues that much school failure exhibited by African-American children can be explained in terms of cultural…

The representation of minority faculty in nursing education is inadequate to support the needs of students, faculties, and the institutions. Faculty consultation is a strategy to support the cultural diversity mission of the college. (Author)

Presents information on the economics of diversity from an individual and a business point of view. Suggests appropriate units in which to integrate diversity training in the basic business/economics curriculum. (Author)