Describes a family history course and indicates its educational and therapeutic value and how it affects personal growth, relationships between generations, and relationships with others. (JOW)

Presents a cross-cultural study of positive experiences among males and females from Israeli-Arab, Israeli-Jewish, and American samples (N=1094), which revealed that differences between the sexes were in the same direction across the three cultures. The one exception is the life aspiration of Israeli boys, markedly more self-transcending than…

Compared a group of men born and raised in the United States (N=15) to a group of men born in Mexico who later immigrated to the United States (N=15). Both groups were somewhat similar to Levinson's model of adult development, but some noticeable differences were found. (Author/JAC)

Argues that in both collective and individualistic societies, the most crucial experience for a writer is discovering what it means to write for oneself. (MM)

Compares the differences between the impact of sensitivity training in the Far East as compared to the West. Subjects were 18 English college students and 18 Japanese college students. Results indicate that the T groups had a significant impact on the English subjects but not on the Japanese subjects. (Author/HMV)

Two techniques for personnel selection are presented. The first is a graphical technique which non-technical personnel can use in deciding the number of minority applicants to admit to an institution. The other is a large scale computer technique which an institution can use to increase personnel diversity including cultural factors. (Author/DEP)

Investigated was the validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) in predicting teachers' ratings of 201 Black, 320 Mexican American, and 430 Anglo primary grade children. (Author/CL)

The author maintains that counselors must devote an adequate amount of their time to dealing with racism itself, if they are going to be helpful to blacks. A discussion of racism in American society is presented. (HMV)

Cross cultural comparisons of the underlying psychological structures of 20 kinship terms for 17 selected language/culture communities were investigated. An evaluation was made of the technique used. (Author/RM)

Area/cultural studies have not enjoyed their rightful place in foreign language teaching because of their lack of orientation. They should not only be seen as revealing "sets" of data; they should be analyzed for patterns in terms of the target area rather than the native culture. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Variations in sociocultural determinants of Chicano and Anglo student perceptions of the university environment were examined by using academic and demographic variables as predictors along the seven CUES dimensions. The results showed interesting differences in the prediction system of Chicanos and Anglos, reflecting basic cultural variations…

The chapters in this collection explore the premises, standards, requirements, and consequences of education in the Caribbean. Chapters in the first section, "Gender, Education and EmploymentBroken Promises," are: (1) "Educational Management from a Perspective of Care: Women Teachers in Trinidad and Tobago" (Jeanette Morris);…

This paper critiques multiculturalism from a range of fronts and asks what underlying influence ties together its widespread criticisms. In naming this principal influence, the paper considers what new paths are possible for reinventing the multicultural in composition studies. In addition, and most importantly, it asks what difference could such…

Aboriginal Australians represent 1.5% of Australia's population, nearly double the percentage of native people in the U.S. population. While indigenous peoples throughout the world share common similarities, particularly contemporary issues and their spiritual regard for nature, many aspects of their lifestyles are different, such as governance,…

This monograph reviews factors that may unnecessarily plunge families into the child welfare system, noting barriers within the child welfare system itself that sometimes engulf Asian American families. Without adequate data on Asian Americans, understanding the issues and measuring trends are very difficult. Although small, the number of Asian…