Sociometric surveys were completed at third grade for a low-socioeconomic status, urban sample of African-American youth, and delinquency data were gathered at grades 6, 8, and 10. For boys, the additive effect of childhood peer rejection and aggression predicted more serious delinquency, whereas for girls only aggression predicted more serious…

Twenty socioeconomically middle-class mother/toddler dyads (half White and half African American) were video recorded during joint book-reading activities. Unlike an earlier study, most book-reading behaviors were similar between the two groups, although the White group used significantly more labeling than the African-American group. Results…

Gabonese students who speak French as a second language and are educated through French, learn English using textbooks designed for students in France. Article discusses pedagogical issues, goals that Gabonese students have in learning English, and the linguistic and sociolinguistic context in which learning of English takes place. Materials used…

A survey of Greek ministry of education data for the academic year 1993-94 from all university departments is organized in a database and analyzed by scientific area. Analyses reported include the composition of student and faculty bodies, representation of women, graduate programs and research activities, tenure percentages, and the similarities…

Investigates the dimensions underlying performance on the diagrams, tables, and maps subset of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test. Analyzes data from two test versions by using a structural-equation modeling technique on 14,463 and 19,636 examinees respectively. Concludes that gender difference in performance is due, to a great extent, to the…

Examines principles and practices of the Dutch educational system, emphasizing the process of implementing new educational concepts in schools and teacher education. Discusses school failure among students at all levels and examines the failure of schools to prepare students for social, economic, and political responsibility. Notes governmental…

Explores issues related to state support for cultural identity schools, schools with educational practices and aims designed to reinforce a particular cultural identity. Drawing a distinction between "strong" and "moderate" cultural identity schools, the article considers contextual factors a liberal state may consider in the legitimate support of…

Some history on health-care decision making is reviewed. The current "individualist" model in the United States is contrasted with "collectivist" models of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. Decision making styles are discussed in relationship to Western medicine. Six groups' cultural norms are presented. Conflicts with U.S.…

A study of science and engineering graduate students found that at time of entry, women and U.S. minority graduate students had academic credentials and expectations similar to those of their Anglo male peers. Student perceptions of academic preparedness, status-related disadvantages, and expectations about student-faculty interactions were more…

Used ethnographic methods to examine, over six months, the relationship between gender and open-ended computer software use to compose stories for 36 first graders. Found that females in mixed-gender groups were more likely to have their competence or work laughed at or criticized than when working alone or in all-female groups. Females used…

Racial and ethnic differences in girls' desired and perceived normative role timing and the extent to which socioeconomic and family factors, school, and job aspirations might be linked with girls' role-timing expectations are studied (N=574). Racial and ethnic differences are contrasted with socioeconomic differences. The need for…

Evaluated the longitudinal implications of age-18 dysphoric mood in 23-year olds using a multidata, multi informant design. Findings indicated that adolescent dysphoric mood was an important predictor of psychological distress in young adults, especially in young adult women, for whom the prospective correlations of adolescent dysphoria were more…

Presents text and data tables describing higher education faculty salaries for the period 2000-2001. A text discussion of academic salaries addresses broad trends and differences in salaries across institutional type, within institutions, and between sexes. Appendixes present data on individual institutions. (EV)

Examines whether lists of "effective school" characteristics are universally valid or internationally transferable. Demonstrates difficulties when applying Western school-improvement strategies in the context of South African schools struggling to establish some acceptable, minimal level of functional effectiveness. Describes three…

Compares a graduate accounting course offered via distance learning with a Web-based interface, with a traditional, campus-based class. Highlights include class demographics; results of an analysis of variance; student performance comparison; student perceptions; and future research suggestions. (LRW)