With the likelihood of recognition by the United States of Communist China and the establishment of diplomatic relations, we must increase our understanding of China and other Asian cultures. Lists organizations in the United States that publish materials and provide services related to Asian studies. (Author/DR)

Briefly reviews the history, initial problems, and economic adjustment of Southeast Asian refugees residing in the United States today. Provides some figures on yearly arrivals from 1975 to 198l, national origin of the U.S. Southeast Asians, their current level of English proficiency, labor force participation, and percent of households on public…

Based on a survey of nearly 50 agencies in 13 states, describes orientation programs designed to meet the special needs of Indochinese refugees and immigrant women, both in the United States and in overseas refugee camps. (Author/GC)

Describes the growth of a Mien refugee community in Montgomery, Alabama, and the development of community educational and employment services to aid these refugees. Also discusses Mien cultural characteristics. (GC)

Notes that the decline of English in India began soon after its introduction into Indian universities near the middle of the nineteenth century and was precipitated in part by too lofty aims and too little attention to Indian languages at the university level. (RL)

Provides information on the immigration history, education, income, and occupation representation in the social sciences and cultural and language barriers of Asian American women educational researchers. Includes recommendations to facilitate their entry into the social sciences in general. (MJL)

The article describes relationships between major behavioral disorders and minority group children, in this case, Asian American children. The relationship between specific types of behavior disorders and the reaction patterns are discussed. Finally, the article suggests some teaching principles for teachers of Asian American children with…

Compared attributions of success and failure in achievement tasks of White and Asian American children. Found that Whites took personal credit for success and attributed failure to luck, while Asians attributed success to luck and took personal responsibility for failure. Discussed attributional patterns in terms of socialization. (Author/MK)

This exploratory study was designed to assess the self-perceived adaptation to the new school setting of a sample of secondary-age Indochinese students in their fourth year of American schooling, and to determine the relationship between individuals' perceived adaptation and their performance in various academic subjects. (SJL)

Problems that Asian Americans face in higher education include poor communications skills; stress resulting from family and community pressure to achieve; and universities' reluctance to hire Asian American staff, recruit and provide financial support for Asian American students, and provide relevant curriculum. Various programs have begun to…

Undergraduate students representing three ethnic groups were asked to rank-order help-givers for educational/vocational and emotional problems. Although none of the differences between groups or problem type were significant, the directions of small intergroup variations in help-source rankings supported other studies' findings regarding Blacks…

Because of their racial ambiguity in the United States, Asian Americans have been constructed historically to be both like and unlike Black and White people, and Asian American men have been both hypermasculinized and feminized, just as Asian American women have been both masculinized and hyperfeminized. (SLD)

Muses, in a letter to "Mom," about the many facets of "voice"--the personal, the academic, the relationship between thoughts and voice. Discusses books and intellectual theories that have been important to the author, faculty colleagues, being an Asian Pacific person in the academy, and personal family history. (PA)