This article provides, first, a brief review of literature concerning the education of Hispanic American (Latino/a) students at the secondary and postsecondary levels and, second, the results of questionnaire research conducted with Latino/a and Anglo-American (White) students at a large university in the Southwest regarding classroom…

In order to organize research on minority programs, particularly the Spanish speaking, the possible differences in attitudes and opinions of the mainstream and Spanish speaking clienteles have to be considered. Mainstream clienteles tend to assume that public administration of new programs is characterized by a normal process of growth,…

Reports a preliminary study of possible differences in the performance in mathematics between American Indian Pueblo and Anglos. Sample evaluated consisted of 65 Pueblos and 59 Anglos that excluded highest and lowest scores on Form B of the College Qualification Tests from Fall 1977 to Spring 1981 at the University of New Mexico. (ERB)

Describing American Indian contributions to medicine, this article lists specific contributions and concludes that although some 220 drugs of Native American use were listed in the National Formulary of 1888, recent recognition of American Indian pharmacological contributions is long overdue. (JC)

Compared Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scale score differences of 365 Anglo and Mexican American college students. Anglos scored significantly differently from Mexican Americans on 10 of 13 MMPI scales. With acculturation and age statistically controlled, Anglos and Mexican Americans differed on only the Lie and…

In the two-city study of Austin, Texas, and Chula Vista, California, the readers' perceptions of newspaper stories were measured by means of a 27-item semantic differential bipolar adjective scale called the Readers' News Value Scale. Readers also evaluated the General Newsworthiness of each article they read by checking a seven-point scale from…

Thirty elementary school teachers and three principals were interviewed to ascertain the extent to which Anglo American educators perceive bilingual-bicultural education as a form of compensatory education. Results indicated that 40 percent of the educators perceive bilingual-bicultural education as a vehicle for assimilation, while 57 percent…

Assessed effects of mother tongue and second tongue on affective experience of 80 English-Spanish and Spanish-English coordinate bilinguals. Both groups answered with significantly greater effect in the Spanish language condition, regardless of mother tongue, and they differed in levels of anxiety and depression depending on which language they…

The psychometric properties of scores from the Academic Self-Concept Scale are examined in a group of 198 Asian American college students. Using parallel analysis, a four-factor solution accounting for 46% of the variance was found. In a test of construct validity, academic self-concept was found to be negatively related to adherence to Asian…

First in a three-part series of case studies tracing the impact of the "Anglo Revolution" on New Mexico, this article deals with copper mining in New Mexico, particularly the Santa Rita del Cobre copper mine. (NQ)

Examines item bias on Forms L and M of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised in Anglo-American and Mexican-American children (N=132). Analyses indicated bias as measured by differences in item difficulty in both groups; however, there was no clear pattern of items that were more difficult for either group. (LLL)

American Indian contributions to the development of America are described. (FF)

A 2-phase study, performed to assess an Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) at a college, contrasted academic performance and attitudes of EOP Chicanos, regularly admitted Chicanos, and Anglos. (NQ)