To view knowledge of a foreign language only as a classroom tool is limiting for any young person, and especially so for the black student. "What good will study of a foreign language do me?" is a legitimate question for any student to ask. For one thing, foreign language study liberates the mind. Beginning with the first contact with a foreign…

This study attempted to determine whether presentation of current information on men and women, their achievement patterns, and the world of work, coupled with examination of one's own stereotyped attitudes and biases, could effect both attitudinal and behavioral change in volunteer college student and academic advisor (department head)…

This report explores sex role stereotyping and sex bias in national and state (Michigan) secondary vocational education program from several perspectives. Section I states the problem and gives the purpose of the report. Section II reviews the sources of sex role stereotyping in the legal, social, and cultural environments. Sections III and IV…

This conference report is a compilation of dialogues and speeches about the problems of educating Mexican-Americans. Recognizing the influence of the Mexican-American culture, the participants exchanged information about programs for adults, scholarships and vocational opportunities, teaching English as a second language, curriculum innovations,…

The 20 articles in this collection concern issues faced by couples in academe. One group of articles considers part-time careers, independent scholarly work, or intermittent employment, which may be viable alternatives for women with families or those who feel less need for a full-time job. The need for institutional policies to support part-time…

Outlining a plan of action for reducing sex bias, sex role stereotyping, and sex discrimination in secondary school vocational education programs, this source book was prepared by vocational education instructors, counselors, and administrators. After a discussion of the consequences of sex discrimination and sex role stereotyping, the sourcebook…

The subproject on world citizen responsibility, part of a larger project on social development and training, is summarized. Major objectives of the subproject are the following: (1) to construct, adapt, and test measuring methods to map the social development of student ideas and attitudes to foreign peoples and international relations; (2) to map…

Educational failures in the United States are attributed to family problems, low I.Q. and poverty. In Australia, the ancient behavior of walkabout, where early Australians leave their camps at certain seasons of the year to look for food, is given as the reason for believing that Aborigines are uneducable and unemployable. The explanation works…

The study examines the kinds of education and training that women have been receiving from institutions of higher education in the Cleveland area and particularly in Cuyahoga County. Records of degrees conferred in 1973-74 by program study were secured from nine colleges and universities in Cuyahoga County (Baldwin-Wallace, Case Western Reserve…

The subjects in this study, 18 fifth- and sixth-grade students from a middle-class area, were asked to listen to a tape recording with excerpts of conversations by speakers of three dialects: middle-class white, lower-class white, and lower-class Negro. Subjects were asked to rate the personality of each speaker by voice cues alone. In addition,…

Compared to regular freshman composition textbooks, materials for advanced instruction in English as a foreign language are unsubstantial. An examination of EFL tests reveals the triviality of much of the content, particularly in comparison with the sophistication and significance of literature taught to native speakers. In addition, some EFL…

This booklet on the status of women, aimed at raising the consciousness of female college students, provides an orientation to feminism and references for further pursuit of the areas covered in the following sections. "On Woman and Her Role" sets the stage with selected quotations, expressing conflicting views of woman's role. "What It Is All…

The second edition, as the previous edition, deals with evolutionary processes contributing to changing life patterns of American women; however, new portions relate to the acceleration of the trend. The new self-image of women cannot be understood if viewed as an isolated development but must be interpreted with a perspective view. Two…

This handbook was written for readers aware of and concerned about the sex bias in public schools in the areas of athletic budgets, sex stereotyping in children's books, differential expectations in classroom behavior, counseling attitudes and practices, school personnel assignments, and the impact of defining stereotyped roles to boys and girls…

Anyone familiar with current internal political problems in India cannot remain sanguine about the passivity of her oppressed ethnic minorities, be they defined by caste, religion, or heritage; nor can anyone be, who looks at the long history of religious conversion and reform in India, for every success along these lines in the past 2500 years…