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Choi, Hyaeweol – 1995
This study examines the attitudes of Asian-born scholars and scientists who have settled in the United States and their role in the international scientific and educational community. It is based on interviews with 46 scientists and scholars born in China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Nine chapters focus on: (1) Asian scholars…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction
Download full textLeder, Priscilla, Comp.; And Others – 1992
This book of essays and poetry by participants in a National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar explores the portrayal in arts and literature of the "outsider" or "alien" who is cut off from country and citizenship, either by choice or circumstance. The book is divided into seven categories. Part 1,…
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Citizen Role, Citizenship
Schwartz, Wendy – 1996
This digest reviews reports about the educational experience and expectations of recent immigrants to the United States to dispel some myths about the impact of immigrants on American society and to provide information to consider in attempts to increase the educational attainment of immigrants. In general, immigrant youth and parents have higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adults, College Bound Students
Houston Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Accountability. – 1997
Services for immigrant students in the Houston Independent School District (Texas) are provided under provisions of the Emergency Immigrant Education Assistance Act. The implementation of these services was evaluated for the 1996-97 school year. A total of 20,558 eligible immigrant students were identified in the school district's database for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Eugene H.; Baron, Marvin – 1980
Immigration laws and regulations are briefly summarized to aid faculty members in understanding problems faced by foreign students and scholars. The objective is to enable faculty to properly advise foreign students regarding their academic programs and to recognize when a foreign student or scholar needs to be referred to the foreign student…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Faculty Advisers, Federal Legislation
Shohet, Linda – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 2001
In Chapter Six, Linda Shohet offers a description of the adult literacy and learning system in Canada. In providing a historical overview of the development of the field, Shohet notes key political events that have influenced the funding and development of services for adults. Through her description, the author reveals the complexity and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Educational Development
Taylor, J. Edward; Martin, Philip L.; Fix, Michael – 1997
This book synthesizes the views of California's preeminent rural development researchers on how immigration is transforming rural California communities. It draws on papers presented at two conferences held in Asilomar and Riverside (California) in 1995 and 1996. Conference participants were asked to consider whether rural poverty is being…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Change, Federal Programs, Immigrants
Rochin, Refugio I., Ed. – 1996
For over a decade, Latino immigrants, especially those of Mexican origin, have been at the heart of the immigration debate and have borne the brunt of conservative populism. Contributing factors to the public reaction to immigrants in general and Latinos specifically include the sheer size of recent immigration, the increasing prevalence of…
Descriptors: Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment, Ethnic Bias
Fouche, Marie – 1995
This document is part of a series of guides for teachers in which the Division of Bilingual Education of the New York City Board of Education presents a learner-centered model in which the learner sees himself or herself in the story. Learners are able to relive their own experiences or those of their parents or grandparents as they left their own…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Herendeen, Noemi Carrera; Mitchell, Alaire; Dinos, Carmen – 1995
This document is part of a series of guides for teachers in which the Division of Bilingual Education of the New York City Board of Education presents a learner-centered model in which the learner sees himself or herself in the story. Learners are able to relive their own experiences or those of their parents or grandparents as they left their own…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Herendeen, Noemi Carrera; Mitchell, Alaire; Dinos, Carmen – 1995
This document is part of a series of guides for teachers in which the Division of Bilingual Education of the New York City Board of Education presents a learner-centered model in which the learner sees himself or herself in the story. Learners are able to relive their own experiences or those of their parents or grandparents as they left their own…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Cultural Awareness
Salili, Farideh, Ed.; Hoosain, Rumjahn, Ed. – 2001
This book presents recent research findings on different aspects of multicultural education, informing teachers of the issues, policies, and new approaches prevalent around the world. The ten chapters are: (1) "Multicultural Education: History, Issues, and Practices" (Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain); (2) "Cooperative Learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
National Center for ESL Literacy Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
This publication offers summaries of presentations from a 2001 symposium on adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) research and practice. Presentations include the following: "Reading Research Synthesis" (Miriam Burt); "How Adults Learn to Read in English" (John Strucker); "Findings, Reactions to and Practitioner Implications of the 'What Works'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Distance Education, English (Second Language)
American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, Washington, DC. – 1997
Examples of hate crimes against Arab Americans in this report are those that were reported to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), but the actual number of hate crimes and incidents of discrimination far exceeds those reported. As the report shows, Arab American civil rights were increasingly threatened in 1996-97 by the…
Descriptors: Arabs, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Discrimination
Weeks, Stephen B. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
Contained herein is a developed and researched history of Public School Education in Delaware, current as of 1917. Contents include: (1) Colonial growth and development; (2) The first attempts at State Education; (3) The beginnings of public schools; (4) The first State taxation for schools; (5) The State system: Administration of Groves and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational History, Public Education, United States History
