The under-representation of Asian American women in educational research and development is related to both sociocultural and historical barriers. Some of these barriers (racial and sexual discrimination, lack of role models, and lack of professional contacts) are shared by women of all ethnic minorities. There are also, however, unique barriers…

The Indochinese Mental Health Project of the International Institute of San Francisco has as its major goal that of helping Indochinese refugees to receive training and to find employment in community mental health services in order that they may work with incoming refugee populations. Prospective trainees are evaluated and selected on the basis…

This bibliography reflects literature on counseling minority groups primarily in educational and school setting, though some works discuss counseling minorities in a community setting. Citations were the result of a manual search of numerous indices. The literature search was limited to the period from 1965 to December of 1977. This work is…

This paper presents an overview of the history of Japanese in Colorado. Japanese immigrants first came to Colorado between 1900 and 1910 as railroad laborers. Some became coal miners in southern Colorado; most others became farm laborers. Although the Japanese population during this period was small, communities developed in several locales. The…

Recorded in this booklet are presentations from two symposia entitled "Training Faculty in Aging I and II," sponsored by the Institute of Gerontology, University of the District of Columbia, which were designed to sensitize and educate faculty in colleges and universities on gerontological problems and issues. The first symposium recorded is of a…

Community organization is a method of social intervention in which individuals, groups, and agencies plan actions which are intended to alleviate social problems. It is concerned with the education, development, and/or change of social institutions. This approach involves two processes: community planning and coordination. The general nature and…

This paper draws from the writings of Edwin O. Reischauer to support its arguments that high school and college curricula should be extended to include Asian culture, particularly the humanities of China, Japan, India, and medieval Islam. The following literature selections are proposed and highlighted: (1) India and Southeast Asia: the "Ramayana"…

This annotated bibliography contains citations of works on Asian Americans, in general, as well as on individual Asian populations residing in North America. Referenced are government and public organization publications, bibliographies, and works by private authors. Separate chapters are included for (1) Chinese, (2) Japanese, (3) Koreans, (4)…

A survey of assimilation processes of Vietnamese immigrants suggests that biculturalism enables a person to gain the benefits of economic and political enfranchisement while still receiving social and psychological nourishment from his/her native culture-cluster. The sample consisted of three groups of Vietnamese immigrants who arrived in San…

This publication was prepared as a tribute to Asian and Pacific American women. Stereotypes of Asian and Pacific women are discussed in historical and present-day contexts. Demographic statistics regarding families, education, and employment are presented to illustrate the impact of recent Asian and Pacific immigration trends. The emergence of an…

In a study in which Asian-American, white, and black children in grades 2-6 in a California school district were given a battery of tests including measures of IQ, scholastic achievement, and short-term memory, factor analysis of the tests yielded two main factors identified as Level I (memory) and Level II (general intelligence) in Jensen's…

The Japanese Americans are numerically the largest of all the Asian American ethnic groups. In contrast to the other Asian American groups in the United States, the Japanese Americans are predominantly native born. Although first and second generation Japanese Americans had been subject to intense employment discrimination before World War II and…

The purpose of this study was to investigate students' expected use of various help sources for educational/vocational and emotional problems. Two hundred fifty undergraduate students representing three ethnic groups were asked to answer a questionnaire used to assess their preferences for help sources. Students were asked to rank the twelve help…

This study is an extensive bibliography of government-published maps relating to China that have been produced by the United States, Japan, China, Great Britain, Germany, France, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Several introductory, narrative chapters discuss the development of modern mapping in China and various mapping activities of…

One year ago the Bay Area China Education Project (BAYCEP) was begun by specialists in Asian Studies from Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. The purposes of BAYCEP are to develop a series of programs which will encourage the use of China-related materials in elementary and secondary schools and improve the methods and…