Evaluates the extent to which the "revolution in education" in China has succeeded in integrating communist theory with practice. Concludes that the pre-1975 emphasis on political indoctrination has been tempered by efforts to raise the cultural and technical levels of the Chinese people. (Author/DB)

Fourteen books and articles are cited in this annotated bibliography on minority group access to educational institutions and to the job market. Topics include: careers for black women; keeping students; black scholar's role; Chicanos; job markets; interracial interaction; professional education; Asian Americans; Catholics and Jews; endangered…

Concludes that Asian Americans have been able to ameliorate bias largely through strong motivation for educational and occupational achievement, cohesive family structure in which harmony and responsibility are maintained, and adaptability to social environmental conditions. (Author/AM)

Describes three programs of school-community collaboration which have the following goals: (1) helping children develop a commitment to their communities; (2) helping refugees adapt to their new communities; and (3) helping schools deal with student discipline problems. (PS)

Article and photos reveal the interviewing and processing of visa applicants at the United States Consulate in Guangzhou (Canton), China. Most applicants were would-be immigrants from southern China and refugees from Vietnam. Two examples of family reunion cases illustrate similarities and differences in treatment of refugees and immigrants. (PS)

Epidemiologic survey of the mental health status of Cambodian, Vietnamese and Chinese residents of Santa Clara County reports on the following: (1) distribution of mental health problems; (2) comparison of problems with those of general population; (3) relationship of health and use of mental health services to distribution of problems; and (4)…

Describes the Graduate and Professional Opportunities Program (G*POP), which authorizes federal grants to universities to increase access to graduate programs for minorities and which may be discontinued by the Reagan administration. Contends that the program is crucial to minorities and should be retained. (CJM)

Provides a translation and explanation of the "Hsueh Chi," (Record of Learning), which is the 18th chapter of the major Confucian classic "Li Chi," (Book of Rites). The author maintains that although much has changed in China since Confucius, there is still the spirit that education is essential in order to organize society and to rule. (Author/DB)

Notes that an Asian American literary tradition exists which involves more than the ethnicity of a group of authors, and asks: What are the components of this tradition? What is the writer's stance before it? What is the community's stake in it? What are the writer's duties to this community? What are the issues of audience, language, style and…

Errors in the planning, procedures, and logistics of the babylift are discussed, including the problems of the childrens health and physical safety, and whether many of them are actually orphans. Frequent criticisms raised by the babylift effort are also analyzed. (Author/AM)

Children's nighttime fears, such as monsters in the closet, have been a common issue for the American. In children's cognitive development, vivid imagination has been recognized as a cause of fear, but not all children around the globe share this common experience. This qualitative, exploratory study examined the relationship between parent-child…

The purpose of this paper is to examine Asiatic values in East Asian higher education from a viewpoint of globalization. The author addresses the following research questions: First, what are Asiatic values? Second, when and where were Asiatic values discussed? Third, what are the differences between Eastern and Western viewpoints about Asiatic…

This study used data from the Census of Population 1990 and 2000 to investigate economic inequalities between racial and ethnic groups, particularly blacks and Hispanics. It examined people's household incomes and the quality of their neighborhoods. Non-Hispanic Blacks remained the lowest-income minority group, with household incomes only 63.7…