This book presents a collection of papers resulting from a gathering of a mixed group of translators and language researchers to investigate multilingual translation with a view to seeking consensus and identifying priorities for moving forward. There are 14 papers in 3 parts. Part 1, "Overviews of Languages and Cultures in Contact,"…

This encyclopedia contains over 400 terms, phrases, concepts, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, significant contributors to the American macroculture from the country's various racial and/or ethnic backgrounds, key events, and court cases related to multicultural education. Arranged alphabetically, each entry is defined and discussed in keeping with…

This text is a resource on racial and ethnic diversity for faculty and students in higher education. It is organized in sections related to the history of racial and ethnic diversity in higher education, curriculum and teaching, students, faculty, administration, leadership and governance, and research issues. The chapters are: (1) "History of…

In 2002, the International Organization for Migration provided pre-arrival cultural orientation training to 905 Vietnamese Montagnard refugees living in a transit processing facility on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. The training was specifically designed to prepare the refugees for third country resettlement to the United States. It provided tools…

The goal of this research was to uncover the reasons for the unusual success of a small group of Korean-Americans in the American work arena. All had spent their childhood and formative years in Korea under the sole influence of Korean culture, attending the best high schools and colleges. Korean culture tends not to nurture some of the…

This book convincingly shows that the United States should adopt multiculturalism so that it doesn't become monoculturally provincial in a global society, and so that it can survive in the twentieth century as a democratizing force rather than a future Bosnia. The book is divided into two sections: (1) "Theories and Issues in…

This first publication in the "Who's Raising the Family" series covers the critical issue of family communications and how parents and adolescents can talk and listen to each other about alcohol and other drugs (AOD). Communication between parents and children is crucial in preventing alcohol and other drug use. While peer relationships take on…

Different groups of American Indians, who speak different languages, live in Arizona and New Mexico, and those parts of California, Nevada, Utah and Texas considered The Southwest''. (Author)

The authors discuss causes and factors related to low school achievement of black children of average intelligence. (RP)

The intent of this article is to explore issues that must be faced if institutions of education and ethnic communities are serious in their intent to develop multicultural education. (Author/JA)

Rehabilitation counselors, aides, and supervisory personnel rated statements on a 36-item inventory as behaviors characteristic either of poor or middle class clients. The results showed consistent ratings that provided evidence that meaningful cross-cultural differences exist. Special considerations for cross-cultural counseling are discussed…

Author draws a model for discussion of the actual relationship of the culture groups in the Southeastern United States to one another. (RK)

Suggested is a team approach which would pair a minority group counselor with a white counselor to provide support to the client not only in regard to his cultural aspects but also in regard to the wider community with which he may not be familiar and in which neither he nor the minority group counselor may feel at ease. (CJ)